Foxconn 755FXK8AA-8EKRS

     Can you believe the kind of power the newest offering from AMD delivers? A simple search over the internet can turn up multiple reviews of the socket 939 processor really churning out some FPU. The only problem that has really come around is the small offering of motherboards for this magnificent processor, but they are slowly coming out of the woodwork, although with a lot of glitches and not too much of what Overclockers really want. Nevertheless, it is nice to see such a great processor debut, and with the introduction of the slower speed 90nm Winchesters such as the 3000 and 3200, we Overclockers can rejoice as they become more and more affordable. I personally feel after reviewing both motherboards features and benchmarked in this review that motherboard manufacturers need to really go back to the drawing board, and come out with a board that make use of the features that a 939 processor has to offer instead of placing a 754 chipset and calling it compatible. Many Overclockers out there are having problems with them, yet when they run right they simply run, and they run fast... Even this little Foxconn board benched as equally as our old testbed, a Mach I cooled 3.0Ghz Prescott at 4.0Ghz with an x800 Pro from Visiontek massively overclocked. The socket 939 beats all our existing benchmark numbers without overclocking our system OR video card. That is very significant indeed, and it just simply points out the power of the AMD socket 939 interface.  Although we would like to focus on the aspect, the Foxconn board is not an overclocking board, but is simply a board that is rich in features, and runs good and stable as a SIS chipset should. Lets have a look...

Specifications

Processor
AMD Athlon™ 64/Athlon 64 FX, Socket 939 (939-pin)

Chipset
SiS755FX + 964

Memory
Dual channel, unbuffered, 2.5V DDR266/333/400, (4) 184-pin DIMM sockets, max 4GB

Graphics
Discrete (non-integrated) - use expansion slot

Expansion Slots
1 x AGP 8X, 5 x PCI

IDE
2 x ATA/133 + 4 x SATA/150 (up to 2 x 2-drive RAID 0, 1 arrays)

Audio
Integrated, 7.1 channel High Definition, including front audio and S/PDIF headers (Realtek)

LAN
Integrated Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) controller (Realtek)

IEEE-1394
Integrated (VIA), 1 x rear + 1 x front I/O header

Rear Panel
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x RJ45 (LAN)
4 x USB 2.0
1 x line-in/line-out/mic (audio)
Additional line-out for 7.1 channel High Definition audio
1 x coax S/PDIF
1 x parallel (SPP/ECP/EPP)
1 x COM (16550-compatible UART)
1 x IEEE-1394

Internal
1 x floppy disk drive
2 x USB 2.0 headers (supports 4 ports)
1 x IEEE-1394 header
Front audio header
1 x S/PDIF (coax out) header

BIOS
4Mb flash EEPROM w/ LAN boot, PnP, ACPI, WfM, DMI 2.0,

Features
Wake-on-LAN (WOL), suspend-to-RAM (STR), suspend-to-disk (STD), SuperUtilities - SuperBoot, SuperBIOS-Protect, SuperRecovery, SuperSpeed, SuperStep, SuperLogo, and SuperUpdate

Accessories
Support CD, user's manual (or installation guide), rear I/O shield, 1 x floppy drive cable, 1 x HDD/ODD drive cable (supports UDMA/ATA 33/66/100/133 drives), RAID driver on floppy disk(s), 2 x SATA data cables, 1 x SATA power cable (supports 2 drives), 1 extra HDD/ODD drive cable (supports UDMA/ATA 33/66/100/133 drives), Rear cable/bracket assembly w/ 2 x USB 2.0 ports, Processor heat sink retention mechanism

Form Factor
ATX, 12.0" x 9.6" or less - see User Manual