Foxconn MARS
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Foxconn MARS


9/10
Overall rating 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)