Foxconn/Winfast NF4UK8AA-8EKRS

     I think that Foxconn has finally distinguished itself as a reputable motherboard manufacturer. We have reviewed quite a few of their motherboards so far and they continued to be applauded in terms of bang for the buck. Of course being a website with a reputation t overclock we'll have to always brings up that certain point in hopes that Foxconn will listen to our pleas for overclocking options. Well once I had the test setup up and running, I'll have to confess that I was indeed surprised to not only see the options I was waiting for, but also some options to manipulate voltages for the main parts of the motherboard; the chipset, memory, and vcore. So what does it all mean? Read up and find out how well this 939 board from Foxconn does...

Specifications

Processor:
AMD Athlon™ 64/Athlon 64 FX, Socket 939 (939-pin), 1600/2000MT/s

Chipset: NVIDIA nForce4 (CK8-04) Ultra

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

Expansion Slots:
1 x PCI Express x16, 2 x PCI Express x1, 4 x PCI

IDE/ATA Support:
2 x ATA/133 + 4 x SATA/300 (w/ RAID) Supports RAID 0, 1, and 1+0; cross-controller (IDE & SATA)

Audio:
Integrated, 7.1 channel AC97 (Realtek)

LAN:
Integrated Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) MAC + PHY (Vitesse)

IEEE-1394:
2; 1 x 6-pin in rear I/O area + 1 front via internal header; 1394a

USB:
Up to 8; 4 in rear I/O area + 2 internal 2-port headers; ver. 2.0

Rear I/O Ports:
1 x PS/2 keyboard, 1 x PS/2 mouse1 x RJ45 (LAN), 4 x USB 2.01 x line-in/line-out/mic (audio), 1 x parallel(SPP/ECP/EPP), 1 x COM (16550-compatible UART), Additional line-outs for 7.1 channel audio, 1 x IEEE-1394, 1 x S/PDIF (coax out), 2 or 4 ports USB 2.0 via cable/bracket from internal headers (shared w/ front)

Internal Connectors/Headers:
1 x floppy disk drive
Front audio header
1 x S/PDIF (coax out) header
2 x USB 2-port headers, ver. 2.0
1 x IEEE-1394 header

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

Special Features:
Wake-on-LAN (WOL), suspend-to-RAM (STR, S3), suspend-to-disk (STD, S4), SuperUtilities - SuperBoot, SuperBIOS-Protect, SuperRecovery, SuperSpeed, SuperStep, SuperLogo, and SuperUpdate

Overclocking Features:
Adjustable bus speeds
Adjustable memory timing
Adjustable voltages

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)
4 x SATA data cables, 2 x SATA power cable (each 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'' x 9.6'' or smaller