This years motherboard was a hassle, to say the least. On the one hand, I needed a motherboard with support for SATA II, PCI-E 2.0, and Crossfire x, but on the other hand, I didn’t want to blow my budget on a new i7 processor or for that matter even an Intel Quad Core, and as always, AMD was not an option. This left just one course, stick with the dual core setup. Now there were actually quite a few motherboard candidates that met all these conditions. The only issue being their price. Most were well over $150 us, and many offered little to no overclocking capability… Not something I was too enthused about. Finally I found one that seems to fit the bill perfectly though:
Foxconn P45A-S
Just to recap it’s major features:
- SATA II & PCI-E 2.0
- IEEE 1394 ports
- Crossfire Support
- Rumored to have great Overclocking Capabilities.
- Supports a wide range of Memory/FSB speeds using a socket 775 setup. Meaning no i7′s but a quad core in the future IS possible.
Next up on the list is the processor, so stick around to find out what will be the driving force behind this beast.
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