Foxconn N570SM2AA Motherboard
1. Introduction
Foxconn is showing its devotion to the AM2 platform with the release of the N5570SM2A, a motherboard aimed at entry level users, supporting many interesting features, including SLI! With a price tag at around US$126, it looks like an attractive buy, especially considering that Foxconn's flagship for the AM2 platform, the C51XEM2AA, is at the much higher price of US$190.
- Foxconn N570SM2AA-8EKRS2H
The Foxconn N570SM2AA-8EKRS2H is based on the nVidia 570SLI, which supports the AMD Sempron, Athlon 64, Athlon 64FX, Athlon 64X2 processors for Socket AM2. It features 2000 MT/s HyperTransport FSB and Dual channel DDR2 800/667 x2 DIMMs (Max 2GB).
- Main features
- AMD Sempron™, Athlon™ 64, Athlon™ 64 x2, Athlon™ 64 FX processors for SocketAM2
- 2000MT/s Hyper Transport™
- Dual channel DDR2 800/667/533 x4 DIMMs, Max8GB
- 2xPCIe x16,2xPCIe x1,2x PCI
- IDE x2 + Serial ATAII x8 w/RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5
- 7.1channel, Realtek(HDA)
- Dual GbE LAN( Marvell)
- IEEE 1394a x2
- 10 USB2.0 ports
- Full specifications
| Processor: | AMD Sempron™ , Athlon™ 64, Athlon™ 64x2, Athlon™ 64FX, Socket AM2 |
| Chipset: | NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI |
| Front Side Bus: | 2000MT/s HyperTransport™ |
| Memory: | Dual channel DDR2 800 / 667 / 533 x 4 DIMMs, Max 8GB |
| VGA on Die: | N/A |
| Expansion Slots: | 2 x PCIe x16, 2 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI |
| IDE: | ATA133 x 2 |
| Serial ATA(SATA)/RAID: | Serial ATA II x 7 + E-Serial ATA II x 1 with RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 |
| Audio: | 7.1 channel, Realtek ALC882H (HDA) |
| LAN: | Dual Marvell 88E1116 PHY |
| IEEE1394: | 1394a x 2 (VT6308P) |
| Back Panel I/O Ports: | 1x PS/2 keyboard 1 x PS/2 mouse 1 x 1394a 1 x S/PDIF Coax out 4 x USB 2.0 2 x RJ45 1 set 7.1 channel Audio jacks (6 jacks) 1 x Parallel 1 x eSerial ATA (reserve) 1 x S/PDIF Fibre out |
| Internal I/O Connectors: | 3x USB 2.0 headers, support 6 ports 1 x WOM (reserve) 1 x COM2 1 x Speaker 1 x Front panel 1 x Buzzer 1 x 1394a 1 x CD IN 1 x IRDA 1 x RM |
| BIOS Features: | LPC-4Mb, ACPI 1.0b, APM 1.2, PnP 1.0a, SMBIOS 2.3, USB 2.0, WfM 2.0 |
| Support CD: | Drivers, Super Utilities, DirectX, Adobe Reader, Norton Internet Security, Manual & Raid Manual, Wordperfect |
| Standards/Manageability: | USB 2.0, WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, LPC 1.1 Interface |
| Special Features: | Special cooling, CnQ, nView, nTune, HDA, SuperRecovery, SuperBoot, SuperBIOS-Protect, SuperSpeed, SuperStep, SuperLogo, SuperUpdate, Humanity Technology |
| Form Factor: | ATX (12" x 9.6") |
