Z68 has been on the market for quite some time, but not everyone is keen to jump onto the new platform due to its price and somewhat unneeded features. Obviously a lot of users will make use of the fantastic features that it has to offer, but others feel that paying for functionality that they don’t want or need is a pointless exercise.
For those users, the H67 based boards are still being stocked at retailers and are available to purchase for those in mind wanting a no frills option that makes full use of Sandybridge without the need for overclocking.
Today sees us taking a look at the Foxconn H67A-S motherboard which falls directly within that category of users to see how it performs in terms of the on-board graphics that Sandybridge offers through this platform.
Specifications
[TABLE=class: grid, width: 100%][TR][TD]Processor:[/TD][TD]Intel® Sandybridge processors, Socket LGA1155[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Chipset:[/TD][TD]Intel® H67[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Front Side Bus:[/TD][TD][/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Memory:[/TD][TD]Dual channel DDR3 1333/1066 x 4 DIMMs, Max. 32GB[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]VGA on Die:[/TD][TD]Integrated Intel® GMA HD graphics engine[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Expansion Slots:[/TD][TD]1* PCIe2.0 x16, 2* PCIe x1,3* PCI[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]IDE:[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Serial ATA(SATA)/RAID:[/TD][TD]3* SATA II + 2* SATA III + 1* eSATA w / RAID 0, 1, 5, 10; Intel® Matrix storage technology[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Audio:[/TD][TD]7.1 channel HDA[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]LAN:[/TD][TD]Gigabit Lan[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]IEEE1394:[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Back Panel I/O Ports:[/TD][TD]1 x PS/2 keyboard port
1 x VGA port
1 x DVI port
1 x S/PDIF out Optical port
1 x eSATAII port
1 x Audio jack supports 6 jacks
1 x RJ45 LAN port
6 x USB 2.0 ports
2 x USB 3.0 ports[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Internal I/O Connectors:[/TD][TD]1 x ATX 24-Pin power connector
1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
1 x 4-pin CPU FAN connectors
2 x 4-pin System FAN connector
1 x Front pannel header
1 x Front Audio Header
1 x COM header
1 x TPM header
4 x USB 2.0 connectors support additional 8 ports
3 x Serial ATAII connectors
2 x Serial ATAIII connectors
1 x Intruder Alarm headers
1 x S/PDIF out header
1 x CLR_CMOS header
1 x CD-IN header
1 x Speaker header[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]BIOS Features:[/TD][TD]64Mb flash EEPROM w/ LAN boot PnP, ACPI, WfM, DMI[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Support CD:[/TD][TD]Drivers, Adobe Reader, SuperUtilities, Norton Internet Security[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Standards/Manageability:[/TD][TD]PCI 2.3, USB2.0, DMI 2.5[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Form Factor:[/TD][TD]ATX (12.0″ x 8.8″)[/TD][/TR][/TABLE]
