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Foxconn 925XE7AA-8EKRS2 Intel 925XE Motherboard

Company: Foxconn
Product: 925XE7AA-8EKRS2
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2005
Reviewed By: Jason Rabel
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Introduction:

The Foxconn 925XE7AA-8EKRS2 motherboard is based on the Intel 925XE Express chipset supporting Intel Pentium 4 Socket 775 processors running 800/1066 MHz FSB. This board is loaded with features like: eight (8) SATA-150 channels, dual gigabit Ethernet, integrated 7.1 channel High Definition audio, PCI Express, and so much more. Foxconn has been very innovative with the features and design of this motherboard.

Enthusiasts and overclockers have not been forgotten, this motherboard provides plenty of tweaks in the BIOS for the processor and memory. Foxconn also includes several Windows based "SuperUtilities" that allow tweaking and monitoring.

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Page Navigation

Page 1:  — Introduction
Page 2:  Specifications
Page 3:  First Look at the 925XE7AA-8EKRS2
Page 4:  925XE7AA-8EKRS2 Board Layout
Page 5:  BIOS Configuration, Overclocking
Page 6:  Test Setups & Benchmarks Used
Page 7:  Benchmarks: Bapco Sysmark 2004
Page 8:  Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra 2005
Page 9:  Benchmarks: Futuremark 3DMark05 & PCMark04
Page 10:  Benchmarks: Windows Media Encoding, Divx Encoding
Page 11:  Benchmarks: Massive Development Aquamark3 & SuperPI
Page 12:  Performance Summary & Final Conclusions

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