PCinsight has posted a review on the Intel ´Easton 2´ Mainboard. This motherboard comes equipped with the 815EP chipset which is similar to the original 815, but without integrated video.

Right off the bat, the D815EPEA2 offers a bit more than what you might find from a conventional i815EP motherboard. Among the plethora of features comes 4 USB ports, a LAN RJ-45 connector, a SCSI HD activity LED connector etc. Though all things may seem great so far, we did notice a couple of shortcomings on the D815EPEA2. The chipset is not equipped with a heatsink and the board does not have a socket thermal sensor or thermal/rotation monitoring. While all Intel processors for this platform have integrated overheat protection on their die, it would have been better if there were some additional thermal monitoring/protection options on board.

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