..:: Introduction ::..

These last few months have been fairly slow on the review front due to that thing we all know and love, life. Now that things have finally calmed back down a little we have our review of Foxconn’s top i955X product, the 955X7AA-8EKRS2. This product follows right in line with the 925XE7AA-8EKRS2 we took a look at a few months back. Foxconn has made a broad push on the Intel chipset front to push out some high-end products packed full of features, extras, and performance. They’ve come a long way since we first looked at one of their products, so let’s see what they have for us in the 955X7AA-8EKRS2. Does this board truly follow in the footsteps of the 925XE7AA-8EKRS2, or has Foxconn added in additional improvements? Let’s find out.

..:: 955X7AA-8EKRS2 Specifications ::..

Processor

• Designed for Intel® 90nm Prescott LGA775 Processors w/800/1066MHz FSB
• Supports Intel Hyper-Threading Technology

Chipset

• North Bridge : Intel i955X
• South Bridge : Intel ICH7-R
• ITE IDE RAID Controller
• Silicon Image SATA RAID Controller
• Dual Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Controllers
• TI IEEE1394 Controller
• Realtek ALC880 HD Audio CODEC

Memory

• 4 DDR-II DIMM Slots
• DDR-II 533/667MHz RAM
• Max: 8GB

Expansion Slots

• 1 x PCI-E x16
• 3 x PCI-E x1
• 3 x PCI
• 3 x UDMA/133/100/66
• 2 x IDE RAID
• 1 x FDD
• 8 x SATA
• 8 x USB 2.0 (Total)

Back Panel I/O Ports

• 1 x Parallel, 1 x Serial, 1x IEEE1394
• 1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 1 x PS/2 Mouse
• 7 x Audio I/O, 1 x Coax Audio
• 4 x USB 2.0, 2 x RJ-45 Ports