Today we check out Foxconn’s 975X7AB-8EKRS2H motherboard. While it’s very well priced and highly featured, we see if it has the performance to make it a real winner.

Introduction:

The Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H motherboard uses the Intel 975X chipset coupled with the ever reliable Intel ICH7R Southbridge chipset, so performance is bound to be solid at least, with support for the latest quad core CPUs with 1066Mhz Front-Side-Bus, so it won’t limit your CPU choice at all when you’re putting together your next machine.

The rest of the 975X7AB’s specs are as follows:

• Dual Channel DDR2 533/667/800(in overclock) – 4 Slots
• Dual PCI-Ex16 Slots – Crossfire Compatible
• 2 x PCI-Ex1 Slots, 2 x PCI
• 2 x IDE ATA Ports, 4 x SATA-II Ports (RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 5)
• 7.1 Channel Realtek HDA Audio
• 8 x USB 2.0 Ports
• Dual GigLAN
• Back panel Ports – 6 x Audio, 4 x USB, Firewire, S/PDIF Digital Audio (Coaxial + Optical), eSATA, 2 x RJ45 LAN, Parallel, 2 x PS/2

The 975X7AB has all these features on a standard ATX size 12” x 9.6” board, which will fit in just about any midi-tower case or larger.

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