Foxconn MARS

11 Dec 2007

9/10

The latest attempt by Foxconn to establish itself as a serious enthusiast brand is also its most successful. The Foxconn MARS, hopefully the first of many in their Quantum Force series, has all the makings of high-end motherboard goodness. It overclocks great too. Read on.

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Product Specification

Processor Support and Chipset Type	Supports 90nm/65nm/45nm Intel LGA775 processors Quad-Core ready Northbridge: Intel P35 Southbridge: Intel ICH9R
Memory	Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.8 Volt DDR2 SDRAM Supports 1066/800/677/533 dual-channel DDR2 memory architecture
Storage	Intel ICH9R Southbridge 6 x SATA 3.0Gbps interface Intel Matrix Storage Technology Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 , RAID 10 JMicron JMB361 1 x Ultra ATA 33/66/100/133 (data transfer rate up to 133MB/sec.) 1 x SATA 3.0Gbps interface (eSATA)
Audio	Intel High Definition Audio (Azalia) Realtek ALC888 HD Audio CODEC Optical S/PDIF Input and Output
Networking	Realtek RTL8111B PCIe Gigabit Ethernet
FireWire (IEEE 1394)	Texas Instrument TSB43AB22A FireWire controller 2 x 1394a ports @ 400 Mbps speeds
Rear I/O	1 x Floppy connector 1 x Ultra ATA IDE connectors 7 x SATA connectors (6 x internal, 1 x eSATA) 12 x USB 2.0 ports (6 x rear, 6 x header) 1 x RJ45 LAN ports 2 x FireWire-400 ports (1 x rear, 1 x header) 1 x Optical S/PDIF Output 1 x Optical S/PDIF Input 8-Channel Audio I/O ports 1 x Serial port header 1 x mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port 1 x mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port
Expansion Slots	2 x PCIe x16 slots, PCI Express Bus specification v1.1 compliant 2 x PCIe x1 slots, PCI Express Bus specification v1.1 compliant 3 x 32-bit PCI slots, PCI 2.3 compliant
Other Features	Gladiator BIOS Cool Pipe OC Gear OC Recover
Form Factor	ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6"(30.5cm x 24.4cm)

Foxconn MARS

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