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FOXCONN
C51XEM2AA NVIDIA 590 SLI AM2 Motherboard Review |
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Introduction:
FOXCONN has been in the
motherboard arena for about 30 years. Much of what I knew about them before the
NForce 4 motherboards was limited to the professional desktop systems. Their
products were quite common among local office client systems. Their solutions
worked well and didn't require spending a lot of money to ensure productive
workstations and servers.
Their image has been changing more and more with each
motherboard release in to the enthusiast market. With that being said,
FOXCONN
sent something new and jet black for scrutiny and testing that has changed what
we knew about them. Read on and you'll see why!
About The Company:
FOXCONN is the global
leader in the manufacturing of Motherboards, Graphics Cards, Optical Storage
Devices, Workstations, Servers, Slim PCs, Barebone Systems and IA Products. With
more than three decades of manufacturing experience that includes global
distribution and logistics, Foxconn is dedicated to making business easy and
affordable for its customers, offering innovative, award-winning products that
propel the market forward.
Our efforts are devoted to quality, customer satisfaction
and positive solutions to meet growing market demands for computing needs. Our
business culture is a mix of passion for the market and the passion for
creation. This has given Foxconn the drive to perform at its best in end-to-end
endeavors. A global company with sales of $16 billion in 2004, Foxconn serves an
international network of distributors and OEM customers in the US, Europe, Asia,
and Latin America. A company concerned with community, Foxconn continues to
strive for mutual growth.
Specifications:
Features:
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Processor: |
Supports compatible AMD Socket AM2 processors
Please see our "CPU Compatibility" listing |
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Chipset: |
NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI |
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Front
Side Bus: |
2000
MT/s HyperTransport™ |
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Memory: |
Dual channel, unbuffered, 1.8V
DDR2-800/667/533 with or without ECC, (4) 240-pin
DIMM sockets, max 8GB |
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VGA
on Die: |
N/A -
use expansion card |
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Expansion Slots: |
2 x PCIe x16 (functions as 2 x16
under NVIDIA SLI), 1 x PCIe x4, 1 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI |
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IDE: |
1 x
ATA/133 |
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Serial ATA(SATA)/RAID: |
6 x SATA II/300, support for RAID
0, 1, 0+1, 5, and JBOD |
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Audio: |
7.1
+ 2 channel, high definition (Realtek ALC882D) |
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LAN: |
2 x
Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) controllers, dual
rear ports, PCIe (Marvell) |
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IEEE1394: |
2 x
1394a + 1 x 1394b (TI) |
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Back Panel I/O Ports: |
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x 1394a
1 x 1394b
6 x USB 2.0
2 x RJ45 (LAN)
1 set 7.1 + 2 channel audio jacks (5 jacks)
1 x S/PDIF out (optical) |
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Internal I/O Connectors: |
1 x floppy disk drive
Front audio header
2 x USB 2-port headers, ver. 2.0
1 x IEEE-1394a/b header |
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BIOS
Features: |
4Mb, ACPI 2.0b, APM 1.2, PnP 1.0a,
SMBIOS 2.3, USB 2.0, WfM 2.0 |
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Support CD: |
NVIDIA chipset, RAID, and network drivers; audio
drivers; DirectX; Adobe Acrobat Reader; Norton
Internet Security; manual & RAID manual; NVIDIA
nTune; Foxconn LiveUpdate |
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Standards/Manageability: |
USB 2.0, WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by
PME, LPC 1.1 Interface |
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Special Features: |
NVIDIA®LinkBoost™ and MediaShield technologies, SLI™-Ready,
NVIDIA nTune, NCQ, AMD® Cool “n” Quiet™ technology,
Fox LiveUpdate, QuadSLI support, RoHS compliant |
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Form Factor: |
ATX (12" x 9.6")
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