ECS Z77H2-AX ‘Golden Board’ Intel Z77 Motherboard Review

ECS Z77H2-AX Golden Intel Z77 Motherboard Retail Box and Bundle

The retail box for the ECS Z77H2-AX Black Extreme ‘Golden Board’ is fitting for the name. It is completely dressed in gold. It’s a sharp looking box that is certainly eye catching on retail shelves.

The retail packaging for the ECS Z77H2-AX Black Extreme ‘Golden Board’ has a front and back cover that can be opened up to reveal more details. Once we open up the front cover we can catch a glimpse of the Z77H2-AX through a window, though it is obscured by the anti-static bag that protects the board from ESD. Along the bottom of the packaging we can see the some of the technologies that went into the ECS Z77H2-AX Black Extreme ‘Golden Board’.

The inside of the front cover shows off all of the ‘Golden’ features of the ECS Z77H2-AX ‘Golden Board’. We can see that ECS has gold plated the I/O panel components, I/O shield, heatsink assemblies, and uses all gold components.

Once we flip the retail packaging for the ECS Z77H2-AX Black Extreme ‘Golden Board’ over, it is identical to the front cover above. Though once we open up the back of the packaging, we can see that ECS goes into some of the more specific details about the Z77H2-AX Black Extreme.

The inside of the back panel cover, goes into some of the details about the capabilities of the ECS Z77H2-AX ‘Golden Board’. Here we can see that it supports 3 Way GPU configurations, DDR3 2667+ (OC), and PCIe Gen 3 with the latest Intel ‘Ivy Bridge’ processors.

Once we remove the outer shell of the packaging, we have a typical heavier duty box to protect the ECS Z77H2-AX Black Extreme during the dangerous times of shipping.

Opening up the packaging further we can see that the ECS Z77H2-AX Black Extreme ‘Golden Board’ is securely packaged within.

Removing the top box that contains the motherboard, we are presented with another box, presumably this is the one that contains the bundle and accessories that accompany the Z77H2-AX Black Extreme ‘Golden Board’.

Opening up the second interior box, we can see that we were right about it carrying the bundle for the Z77H2-AX Black Extreme.

The bundle for the ECS Z77H2-AX Black Extreme ‘Golden Board’ comes with everything you will need to set your system up. There is a grand total of six SATA cables, front panel SuperSpeed USB 3.0, manuals, three SLI bridges, a golden I/O shield, and a driver disk.