Motherboard Review: Foxconn P31A-S

Foxconn P31A-S
Simple motherboard with newest processors support

Foxconn have launch its P31A-s series that targeted value class consumer who need newest processors support. P31A-S use Intel P31 chipset. It can use 45nm processors because it's been overclocked.

Intel P31 chipset is value version of Intel P35 chpset. There's only 2 DDR2 memory slot in P31, but it's already support dual channels mode with 4 GB maximum capacity. With overclock the memory can reach 1066MHz.

P31A-S have 6 expansion slots. One of them is PCI Express x16 graphic slot.


P31A-S use IHC7 Southbridge . ICH7 doesn't support SATA RAID. P31A-S only have 4 SATA ports. It have 8 USB ports.

For overclockers, P31A-S is value class motherboard that overclockable. P31A-S can be overclocked with setting the jumpers and with change the BIOS settings. There's detailed explanaition about overclocking in this motherboard manual.

Specification
Processor Type: Intel Celeron/Pentium 4/Pentium D/Dual COre/Core 2 Duo/Core 2 Extreme/Core 2 Quad (Socket LGA775)
Chipset: Intel P31+ICH7
Memory: 2 DDR2-667/800/1066 dual channels 4 GB max
Graphics Card: 1x PCI Express x16
Expansion Slot: 2PCIe x1, 3x PCI
Storage: 4x SATA, 1xPATA, 1xFDD
RAID: not supported
Sound Chip: Realtek ALC88T (8 channels)
LAN Chip: Broadcom BCM5786 (gigabit)
I/O: 1x PS/2 Keyboard
1x PS/2 Mouse
1x Serial COM
1x Pararell
1x LAN
4x USB 2.0
1x 6in1 audio

TEST RESULT
Sysmark 2007 Preview
Rating: 147

SiSoft Sandra 2007 SP1
Dhrystone ALU: 27169 MIPS
Video Encoding: 10 minutes 54 seconds
Audio Encoding: 2 minutes 4 seconds
PCMark 2005 (1280x1024): 6773 PCMarks
3dMark 2006 (1280x1024): 4362 3DMarks
Doom 3 (1024x768 high quality): 130,7 fps
Maximum FSB: 325 MHz

Testing Platform:
Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Processor, Kingston DDR2 KHX9600 2GB Memory, Asus GeForce EN8600GT VGA Card, Seagate Baracuda 7200RPM 80 GB Harddisk.

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