Overclocking button, Simple controls, Great performance
Some may consider the overclocking button a cheat
They mean the god of war, not the chocolate bar, obviously. Thatd be silly. And this is not a silly board at all. Its definitely pitched at the fiddler, with a giant heatsink and fan on the northbridge, and controls for boot, reset and CMOS clearly p...
Abstract: Foxconns Mars is aimed squarely at gamers. Its based on the Intel P35 chipset and supports all Core 2 Duo and Quad processors, with FSB speeds up to 1,333MHz, and a maximum of 8GB of DDR2 memory up to 1,066MHz. It has two PCI-E x16 slots, so you c...
Abstract: Intel P35 chipset (P35 Northbridge + ICH9R Southbridge) The MARS motherboard is currently the only product in the Quantum Force series, which Foxconn announced for gamers and overclockers. The idea to launch a motherboard for overclockers lies on the s...
Abstract: When a computer enthusiast hears the brand name Foxconn, nothing out of the ordinary comes to mind. In fact, Foxconn is one of the biggest OEMs in the world. They manufacture electronics for many name brands and themselves. Foxconn’s products te...
Abstract: The mobo turned out to be working great! The Intel C2Q Q6600 worked perfectly on 3.4 GHz with a voltage of 1.41 V. This is a fantastic result considering the cooling system and CPU limits. Foxconn is well-known to us, as one of the motherboard manufact...
I had a fun time doing the review on this motherboard. It took me a while to get the overclocking figured out. I was able to go to their website, www.quantum-force.net, where I found a video tutorial of how to successfully overclock it. I thought t...
Abstract: Overclocking is alive and well! PCSTATS has all the details you need to see at a glance to know which board is best. The chart weve compiled below lists the highest overclocked Front Side Bus speeds we were able to achieve while maintaining 100% stabi...
I am afraid that now that you have read this whole article you may think that Foxconn Mars mainboard is not a good product after all and has a lot of drawbacks. However, I have to warn you against such conclusions, as they are simply not true. I person...
The Foxconn Mars is a reasonably good board that overclocks pretty well, but it's not fast, particularly cheap and the core bundle is a bit off. The Quantum force is here to stay, and the Foxconn Mars is a solid first effort at an enthusiast board but...
Abstract: A few weeks ago, Foxconn announced a release of the ultimate MARS motherboard based on the P35 chipset. According to the companys statements, this product is aimed at overclockers and computer enthusiasts, and provides the best results at overclocking...
