X-bitlabs reviews Foxconn DigitaLife X38A motherboard
Excellent PCB layout, good accessories bundle, broad functionality of the Intel X38 Express chipset it is based on and diverse additional onboard controllers adding even more to this functionality. This is what Foxconn's X38A mainboard from the DigitaLife series has to offer. But how good is it for overclocking? Let's find out!
If you haven't been following the mainboard market development, it may be pretty hard to estimate what the situation with mainboard production and sales looks like these days. On the one hand, there is the whole bunch of companies that have wrapped up their production. Does it mean that the competition here has become less aggressive? I don't think so, especially if we look at the eternal battle between the two giants: ASUS and Gigabyte. The companies release the whole series of mainboards trying to get into all market segments, attract as many users as possible. Foxconn could easily join the race, because they have significant production resources and long-term experience in mainboard design and development, however, their expansion tempo is still pretty slow. We first introduced Foxconn mainboards to you in the end of 2004 in our article called Meet Foxconn Mainboards: Foxconn 925A01-8EKRS2 and Foxconn 915A01-8EKRS2 Mainboards Review. After that we reviewed Foxconn WinFast NF4UK8AA-8EKRS and Foxconn 925XE7AA, and then after a significant break there was a popular Foxconn Mars mainboard. After that - dead silence again…
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