Around about a couple of years ago, it was hard to find motherboards of a large variety for the Intel processor platform. Pentium 4 was really a sour spot with
the computer motherboard producers. On the other hand, chipsets for AMD’s Athlon 64 processors were plentiful - nVidia, SiS, ULi, ATI and even VIA technologies all had chipsets out to take some market share for Athlon 64. Now the tables have turned - AMD is on the back burner, while there are chipsets still being made for AMD processors, clearly Core 2 has given Intel new life, and chipsets from the major vendors are coming in hard and fast, for example this nForce 680i chipset from nVidia.
Today we are looking at another contender for the Core 2 market using the nVidia nForce 680i chipset being Foxconn with their obscurely named N68S7AA-8EKRS2H motherboard.
Foxconn has been known in the past for the more budget conscious computer motherboards, not wanting to take on the big boys like MSI, ASUS, Gigabyte and the likes who really push overclocking to its limits but it seems like they mean business now and are ready for the challenge.
Here is the specifications of the Foxconn N68S7AA-8EKRS2H motherboard :
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Foxconn N68S7AA-8EKRS2H
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Processor
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Supports All Socket T (LGA775) Series CPU (Netburst and Core Series)
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Chipset
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nVidia nForce 680i :
- nVidia C55XE Northbridge
- nVidia MCP55XE Southbridge
Hyper Transport Link
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Front Side Bus
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- 100/133/200/266/1333 MHz Internal
- 400/533/800/1066/1333 MHz External
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Memory
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- 4 x DDR2 SDRAM 240pin DIMM Sockets
- Supports DDR2-533/667/800/1066Mhz
- 64/128Bit Dual Channel
- Supports up to 4GB Total Memory (4x 1GB)
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Expansion Slots
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- 3 x PCI Express x16
- 2 x PCI Express x1
- 2 x PCI
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Connectivity
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- 1 x Parallel ATA Port (2 Drives Total)
- 6 x Serial ATA ports
- 1 x eSATA Port
- 2 x Gigabit Ethernet Port
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Expansion Ports
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1 PS2 Keyboard Port
1 PS2 Mouse Port
10 USB 2.0 Ports (4 rear accessible, 6 via expansion bracket)
6 Stereo Audio Ports
1 e.SATA Port
1 RCA SPDIF Port
1 Toslink SPDIF Port
2 Firewire Ports (1 rear accessible. 1 via expansion bracket)
2 RJ45 LAN Ports
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Form Factor
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ATX Form Factor, 30.5cm x 24.5cm
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