Thread: Foxconn X38A motherboard

The power supply is passively cooled and has a heat pipe connected to the Northbrigde. Stable voltages are realized by the use of digital power conversion. This digital voltage converters have a much higher life expectancy than their analog predecessors. Is sitting next to the 8-pin ATX 12V connector. This can be noted that a power supply that only a 4-pin plug has to be readily used. Whether the effects on the stability of the board we could find in our OC tests, since we have only worked with a 4-pin power supply. Disadvantages because we could not determine definitively.



The Southbridge is passively cooled Foxconn on the Main Board and is again just like the voltage converter, using a heat pipe connected to the North Bridge. The North Bridge is usually too passive cooling, but can be supplied with the 40 mm fans also actively pursued. Had the entire test, but this was never necessary. The concept of Foxconn to work here with a very large heatsink made of copper is the right approach. There are available to the user 3x PCIe16x, of which the first two are tied with 16 lanes and 4 lanes of the lower connection still has available. This is sufficient for the operation of an ATI / AMD Crossfire team and an additional physics card.

Foxconn X38A provides the basis for a very good overclocker. In addition to a stable operation, and voltage values is also true performance. The layout of the board is quite well done and also offers the BIOS with the appropriate settings everything for the overclockers heart. The cooling solution for the voltage transformers as well as North and South Bridge we liked very well and has enough potential even for overclockers. Foxconn's announced products for the FDC-Bus generate excitement and raise the value of the board.