 |
|
 |
|
| Home
| Forums
| Cool Case Gallery
|Archive
| Reviews
| Articles
| Guides
| Links
| VH Gear | Contests | Downloads
| Contact |
|
|
|
|
 |
| Prolimatech Megahalems |
| Thermalright Venomous X |
| Prolimatech Mega Shadow |
| Noctua NH-D14 |
| Noctua NH-C12P SE14 |
| Noctua NH-U12P SE 2 |
| Scythe Mugen 2 Rev. B |
| |
 |
|
Top Products Motherboards Intel | Abit Gigabyte | Asus Epox | Iwill MSI | Shuttle Tyan | Soyo ECS | ASRock Processors AMD | Intel Compaq Cases Antec | Lian-Li Thermaltake SilverStone Coolermaster ATX | BTX Graphic Cards ATI | nVidia Memory DDR | DDR2 Corsair | Crucial OCZ | Patriot Sound Cards Creative Labs Turtle Beach Hard Drives Seagate | Hitachi Western Digital | Maxtor Monitors Viewsonic | Dell Samsung | Apple CD & DVD Burners Plextor | Lite On Sony | LG |
|
| Foxconn G33M-S Micro-ATX Motherboard Review | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||||||
A Closer Look (cont`d):
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
There is also color coded front panel connectors located on the board.
Installation:
 CPU Only |
 CPU Fan Installed |
 Memory Installed |
 Memory, CPU, Graphics |
 SATA Connected |
 Rear I/O Panel |
Installing a Core 2 Duo CPU, 2x1GB of Kingston DDR2-800 and also an nVidia 8800GTS graphics card was painless and without issues. The SATA are close to the 8800GTS, but there were no conflicts. I can not be so sure if an 8800GTX would be so forgiving.
BIOS:
 Main |
 Overview |
 Fox Control |
 Voltage |
 RAM Voltage options |
 NB Voltage options |
 CPU Voltage options |
 Boot Settings |
 Advanced Options |
 PC Health options |
 Overclock options |
 Overclock options |
 Overclock options |
 CPU Voltage |
 Advanced CPU |
The BIOS is fairly well laid out with most of the options I could see anyone wanting. Overclocking options are adequate but don't expect a high end full ATX style overclocking motherboard here. The options are there, but I wouldn't go maxing them out if you're looking for stability. I did some testing with the RAM voltage maxed out at 2.36v and I just couldn't keep it stable so there may be an issue with overclocking toward the higher end with this board. But that's to be expected. This is a m-ATX board with integrated graphics. Take it for what it is.
FoxOne Software:
 Config |
 CPU |
 Fan |
 Readings |
 Ram Frequency |
 Temp Limits |
 RAM Voltage |
The FoxOne monitoring software included is a nice idea, but rather roughly implemented. It's a little rough around the edges but gets the job done for the most part. You'll have to be the judge on that for your own wants and needs.
Live Update Software:
 |
 |
 |
Foxconn includes a windows based BIOS (live) update utility so that you may easily update the BIOS right through windows. That is much easier than the old fashioned way that make most novice users shy away from possibly messing something up. Here you can update the BIOS through windows, just be sure to close all other programs and touch NOTHING while it's doing it's business, then reboot when it tells you. I've been updating my BIOS through windows for years without a single issue so I'd highly recommend such a program.
Got News? Send 'em in!
 |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
| Quiet Computer Fans |
| Quiet CPU Coolers |
| Quiet PC Power Supply |
| Noctua Fans |
| Noctua CPU Fans |
| Quiet PC Fan |
| Quiet CPU Fan |
| Notebook Coolers |
| Laptop Cooling |
| |
|
|
| - Computer Power Supply |
| - Data Recovery |
| - Raid Data Recovery |
| - Data Recovery |
| - Computer Forensics |
| - RAID Data Recovery |
| - Computer forensic |
| - Data Recovery Services |
| - Computer Forensics |
| - Computer Liquidation |
|