Features

Foxconn uses a number of practical features to assist the end user with BIOS updates, data security, overclocking and to help personalize your PC.  While I’m not going to focus on these, I would be remiss in at least not naming them out.

SuperBoot: Geared toward increasing your boot time by performing POST (power on self test) on initial boot but not on subsequent resets without powering down.

SuperStep: Foxconn's user friendly overclocking tool.

SuperRecovery: Working through a hidden BIOS partition, SuperRecovery protects and can recover some drive data to thwart viruses and problems caused by users in educational settings.

SuperSpeed: Sets system speed via a jumperless user friendly interface.

SuperUpdate: Fast and easy BIOS updates.

SuperLogo: Allows the end user to display graphics/pictures/logos to personalize their PC.

SuperBIOS Protect: Uses hardware/software double BIOS lock technology to keep bad things from happening.

What you get

The Foxconn NF4SK8AA board came packed with stuff.  In addition to the board itself a fold out quick start guide, manual, software and driver CD, RAID drivers floppies, Firewire rear expansion bracket, IDE ribbon cables, two SATA data cables, two SATA power cables with two connections on each, I/O Plate and of course the SLI crossover connector.

The Board

The Foxconn NF4SK8AA is priced for the masses as a budget SLI board.  In looking at the NF4SK8AA you wouldn’t know it.  Its orange PCB and smart layout is what I’d expect to see on a board costing twice as much.  Beginning with the socket area, we find an appropriate amount of space to allow use of many oversized coolers without fear of having the capacitors lined to the left of the socket interfering with installation.  The 12v ATX power connector was likewise given attention in the design phase from its placement above and off to the corner of the socket.  At the top right corner of the socket is the CPU fan header, one of four fan headers on the NF4SK8AA.