Foxconn H67A-S Motherboard Review

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

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[TD]Processor:[/TD]
[TD]Intel® Sandybridge processors, Socket LGA1155[/TD]
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[TD]Chipset:[/TD]
[TD]Intel® H67[/TD]
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[TD]Front Side Bus:[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TD]Memory:[/TD]
[TD]Dual channel DDR3 1333/1066 x 4 DIMMs, Max. 32GB[/TD]
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[TD]VGA on Die:[/TD]
[TD]Integrated Intel® GMA HD graphics engine[/TD]
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[TD]Expansion Slots:[/TD]
[TD]1* PCIe2.0 x16, 2* PCIe x1,3* PCI[/TD]
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[TD]IDE:[/TD]
[TD]N/A[/TD]
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[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]
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[TD]Audio:[/TD]
[TD]7.1 channel HDA[/TD]
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[TD]LAN:[/TD]
[TD]Gigabit Lan[/TD]
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[TD]IEEE1394:[/TD]
[TD]N/A[/TD]
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[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]
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[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]
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[TD]BIOS Features:[/TD]
[TD]64Mb flash EEPROM w/ LAN boot PnP, ACPI, WfM, DMI[/TD]
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[TD]Support CD:[/TD]
[TD]Drivers, Adobe Reader, SuperUtilities, Norton Internet Security[/TD]
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[TD]Standards/Manageability:[/TD]
[TD]PCI 2.3, USB2.0, DMI 2.5[/TD]
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[TD]Form Factor:[/TD]
[TD]ATX (12.0″ x 8.8″)[/TD]
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