Foxconn P67A-S Motherboard Review

In terms of overall layout the P67A-S follows the standard ATX form factor with a typical yellow and black color scheme common to the mainstream products from Foxconn.  Quantum Force will still use the red and black color scheme; however as of this article the enthusiast P67 from Foxconn may not ever go to market.  We can only hope for a DFI style late launch to put Foxconn back into the mix.

We have already mentioned the architecture differences being introduced with Sandy Bridge and while other enthusiast level motherboards my employ much larger PWMs the P67A-S will be limited to what seems to be 4 power phases.  Given the 95W designed power limit of the Sandy Bridge this should be more than enough power for solid running.  Of course overclocking is a different story, and the results remain to be seen.

Dual channel memory comes standard on the Sandy Bridge and the P67A-S supports DDR3 modules up to 2200Mhz (overclocked).  There are a total of 4 banks available and a 16GB maximum memory supported.

Our photo here shows you two very unique features of the P67A-S.  The first is an old school IDE connection which is made possible by the optional SATA3 controller.  The second is a bank of voltage test pads.  Normally these voltage test points are only found on Quantum Force motherboards however we suspect there is a little cross-pollination in the works which made them possible on this board.