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Foxconn supply the H55MX-S in a standard style motherboard box which is sized to reflect the Micro-ATX form factor of the board inside. The box is covered in a black livery which isn’t quite as eye-catching as some we’ve seen in the past but is attractive looking nonetheless.
Like most other motherboard manufacturers, Foxconn have decorated the top of the box with a number of logos and badges which advertise the main features of the motherboard packaging within. On the reverse side of the box there is some further information about the board.
Inside the box we find all the bundled items under a cardboard piece in the base of the box supports the motherboard on top. The bundle itself is reasonably plentiful, consisting of a quick-start guide, an in-depth manual, a driver CD, two 4-pin molex to SATA power connectors and two SATA cables. As we would expect there is also a back panel I/O shield included.
Yeah that doesnt look to be that good. the board layout, sata ports etc are badly designed. Fair score.
I dont think overclocking is that big a deal on a product like this, but there are weaknesses in quite a few other areas which are well noted.
Seems ok for a basic media center, but the pricing is putting it against better products.
Foxconn make a lot of products for other companies but this isn’t one of their best, thats a cert.
Poor value for money for such a stripped out board.
If they dropped the price to 50 quid then it would make more sense.
The bios needs an overhaul. its silly for them to offer overclocking in software and not in the bios.
This harware is OK for a media PC because you don’t need Sandy Bridge? What about transcoding? A media PC needs Sandy Bridge the most, for transcoding and reduced power dissipation. HD media streaming is actually very challenging for hardware.
aaaah i cant make my xfx 5830 work on this motherboard, my graphic card is fine id tested on my friend motherboard and it work perfect, i hate this motherboard
what bios version is used on this test?