Foxconn P35A Desktop Motherboard - Intel P35 Chipset - Socket T LGA-775

Foxconn P35A

Strengths: Solid caps, new Intel P35 chipset, overclocks on a budjet price.

Weakness: no raid, 4 sata connectors

I own 2 of these boards with a e6750 @ 3.2ghz and a e8400 @ 4.0ghz. The e6750 is with stock voltage but the e8400 has the voltage increased to reach 4ghz. I got my boards for 60 after rebates and couldn't find a cheaper board with all solid caps that will overclock as easy as these will. Foxconn has great support and is always updating the bios and utilities for there products. Foxconn also makes...
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I own 2 of these boards with a e6750 @ 3.2ghz and a e8400 @ 4.0ghz. The e6750 is with stock voltage but the e8400 has the voltage increased to reach 4ghz. I got my boards for 60 after rebates and couldn't find a cheaper board with all solid caps that will overclock as easy as these will. Foxconn has great support and is always updating the bios and utilities for there products. Foxconn also makes allot of the other overpriced motherboards for different companies. I have nothing bad to say about this product and if you need raid and 6 sata ports you can get the P35A-S model at a higher price. For quality (all solid caps) performance, easy of use and support this is the board for you. I also have no trouble reaching higher overclocks on this board but you will need to buy a good quality heatsink for cooling which I didn't to save money.

By darker66 - Mar 2, 2008

Excellent Value

Strengths: Price, e-sata, 4 port USB bracket, 5 fan connections

Weakness: Complicated rebate procedure

For $60 after rebate this is a tough deal to pass up. This is a fully featured board that's only missing RAID (which I don't use) & firewire (which is ok, since they've included e-sata). I don't generally overclock, but I'm considering trying out Foxconn's included overclocking utility. I don't game heavily, so I'm not all that interested in Crossfire support. I really like the USB bracket that...
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For $60 after rebate this is a tough deal to pass up. This is a fully featured board that's only missing RAID (which I don't use) & firewire (which is ok, since they've included e-sata). I don't generally overclock, but I'm considering trying out Foxconn's included overclocking utility. I don't game heavily, so I'm not all that interested in Crossfire support. I really like the USB bracket that they've supplied which has 4 ports, rather than 2 brackets with 2 ports each. The manual is pretty well written which was a surprise. This is a solid & affordable P35 motherboard.

By paazel - Dec 18, 2007

Foxconn P35A - Excellent value and stability

Strengths: High production value with solid capacitors and nice layout. Dual PCI-e slots for ATi Xfire linking

Weakness: Could use better heatsink or active cooling solution on North and South bridges

This is a quality Foxconn motherboard based on the Intel P35 chipset. It supports LGA775 including the latest Dual-Core Exxx and Quad-Core Qxxx processors. The layout is very logical and very friendly to installation in an ATX case. I only use one GPU but it has 2 PCI-e slots, 1 in 16x, 1 in 4x, and this would be nice for the ATi Xfire set up. It has functions of high-end board (since it's...
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This is a quality Foxconn motherboard based on the Intel P35 chipset. It supports LGA775 including the latest Dual-Core Exxx and Quad-Core Qxxx processors. The layout is very logical and very friendly to installation in an ATX case. I only use one GPU but it has 2 PCI-e slots, 1 in 16x, 1 in 4x, and this would be nice for the ATi Xfire set up. It has functions of high-end board (since it's basically a stripped down version of Foxconn's Pro model), and stability shows as well. Solid capacitors are a nice touch to help with stability and longevity. As it's designed for lowered cost, it does not have Firewire or RAID support, but I don't use them so I don't miss them. If there's any thing that can improved, it could use better heatsinks on board, it'll probably help with overclocking, or you can add your own active cooling solutions. This is about one of the better P35 boards for under $100.

By newtech1 - Nov 26, 2007

Average Motherboard

Strengths: A lot of features, Intel P35 chipset, cheap after rebate

Weakness: Issues with more than 2GB of memory

I started out putting four 1GB DDR2 800 dimms in this and ran several memory tests on it. Kept running into errors above 2GB. All dimms tested out fine on a different non-Foxconn board. When I only run two dimms everything is fine. Currently running with an Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 and an ATI x1550 gfx card.

By mytime - Jul 30, 2008

Foxconn P35A Intel Motherboard

Strengths: Intel P35 Chipset - Solid Capacitors - 2 PCI-E 16x Slots - External SATA Port - Coaxial Digital Out

Weakness: Only 1 PCI-E x1 Slot - North Bridge Heatsink Mounting - No RAID

This is an excellent Intel socket 775 motherboard, and offers more "bang for the buck" then motherboards in its price range. All solid capacitors on the Motherboard, 2 PCI-E 16x slots for crossfire, coaxial digital out, eternal SATA port. I'm running this board with a E2180 with 4 gigs of OCZ 1066 MHz, and without fine tuning was able to hit 3GHz. The BIOS overclock options are a bit odd, but the...
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This is an excellent Intel socket 775 motherboard, and offers more "bang for the buck" then motherboards in its price range. All solid capacitors on the Motherboard, 2 PCI-E 16x slots for crossfire, coaxial digital out, eternal SATA port.
I'm running this board with a E2180 with 4 gigs of OCZ 1066 MHz, and without fine tuning was able to hit 3GHz. The BIOS overclock options are a bit odd, but the standard cpu to mem ratio's are present.
One thing that continues to bother me is the placement of the PCI-E x1 slot by some manufactures. It is located directly under the primary PCI-E slot, so if you use a dual slot cooler on your video card, you won't be able to use your PCI-E x1 slot.
Another issue with the board is the heatsink mounting system for the north bridge. Instead of providing holes along the outside edges of the heatsink this board uses 2 "hooks" with a spring wire in between and over the heating. I wanted to install a better north bridge heatsink with a fan, but that will be difficult with the mounting system on this board.
All in all this is a solid, stable board with plenty of OC options.

By woodbutcher1 - Jul 9, 2008