Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0 AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

Okay Board

Reviewed By: on 2/5/2010

Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Interesting OC utility software.

Cons: Crashed at bearly above the memory spec (1333 Mhz). Can't think of OC memory.
Very slow posting with a blank/black screen to stare at.

Other Thoughts: First time Foxconn, perhaps last time too. No wonder so many negative feedbacks here.

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Reviewed By: on 1/26/2010

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: So far it is a great mobo, everything started right up

Cons: Seems to be a slight problem with mic input. My mic is in perfect working order on other computer but no matter what drivers or settings, it barely picks up audio. Gonna try a usb mic and see if that helps.

Other Thoughts: AMD Phenom II 965 at 3.6Ghz
Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0 mobo
4Gb Gskill DDR3
Sapphire Radeon 4890 Vapor-X
Apevia 700W PSU
2x Seagate Barracuda 500Gb HDD

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Reviewed By: Slayer on 1/18/2010

Tech Level: high - Ownership: less than 1 day

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Quick easy install. Lots of features. The onboard video will play CODMW2(even with only 2 gigs of memory it's playable). Onboard sound is good ( Lots of configuration options). I upgraded my kids old computer from a socket 754 that couldnt play any newer games requiring shader model 3.0...the onboard video works good for what it is, it would probably work better if the system had 4 gigs instead of 2 and wasn't on WinXP 32bit.

So far I have tested GTAIV and CODMW2...using onbaord everything and the games are playable. I only spent $230.00 to upgrade processor/memory/ motherboard so it is what it is. Board has a lot of potential....hopefully it will last 6 years like the last system.

Cons: Manual tells which banks to install memory into for dual channel operation (1,2,3,4) but there is no masking on the board to tell you wich slot is which number. The memory slots are color coded too. Can't tell in BIOS if I'm in single or dual channel mode easily like my Intel based boards.( I haven't build an AMD system in 6 years or so so it my be my inexperience on this platform)

Other Thoughts: I just inststalled this today. No problems so far. I will write a follow up in a few months.

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