Foxconn is showing its devotion to the AM2 platform with the release of the N5570SM2A, a motherboard aimed at entry level users, supporting many interesting features, including SLI! With a price tag at around US$126, it looks like an attractive buy, especially considering that Foxconn's flagship for the AM2 platform, the C51XEM2AA, is at the much higher price of US$190.

- Foxconn N570SM2AA-8EKRS2H

The Foxconn N570SM2AA-8EKRS2H is based on the nVidia 570SLI, which supports the AMD Sempron, Athlon 64, Athlon 64FX, Athlon 64X2 processors for Socket AM2. It features 2000 MT/s HyperTransport FSB and Dual channel DDR2 800/667 x2 DIMMs (Max 2GB).

- Main features

• AMD Sempron™, Athlon™ 64, Athlon™ 64 x2, Athlon™ 64 FX processors for SocketAM2
• 2000MT/s Hyper Transport™
• Dual channel DDR2 800/667/533 x4 DIMMs, Max8GB
• 2xPCIe x16,2xPCIe x1,2x PCI
• IDE x2 + Serial ATAII x8 w/RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5
• 7.1channel, Realtek(HDA)
• Dual GbE LAN( Marvell)
• IEEE 1394a x2
• 10 USB2.0 ports

- Full specifications

Processor:	AMD Sempron™ , Athlon™ 64, Athlon™ 64x2, Athlon™ 64FX, Socket AM2
Chipset:	NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI
Front Side Bus:	2000MT/s HyperTransport™
Memory:	Dual channel DDR2 800 / 667 / 533 x 4 DIMMs, Max 8GB
VGA on Die:	N/A
Expansion Slots:	2 x PCIe x16, 2 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI
IDE:	ATA133 x 2
Serial ATA(SATA)/RAID:	Serial ATA II x 7 + E-Serial ATA II x 1 with RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5
Audio:	7.1 channel, Realtek ALC882H (HDA)
LAN:	Dual Marvell 88E1116 PHY
IEEE1394:	1394a x 2 (VT6308P)
Back Panel I/O Ports:	1x PS/2 keyboard 1 x PS/2 mouse 1 x 1394a 1 x S/PDIF Coax out 4 x USB 2.0 2 x RJ45 1 set 7.1 channel Audio jacks (6 jacks) 1 x Parallel 1 x eSerial ATA (reserve) 1 x S/PDIF Fibre out
Internal I/O Connectors:	3x USB 2.0 headers, support 6 ports 1 x WOM (reserve) 1 x COM2 1 x Speaker 1 x Front panel 1 x Buzzer 1 x 1394a 1 x CD IN 1 x IRDA 1 x RM
BIOS Features:	LPC-4Mb, ACPI 1.0b, APM 1.2, PnP 1.0a, SMBIOS 2.3, USB 2.0, WfM 2.0
Support CD:	Drivers, Super Utilities, DirectX, Adobe Reader, Norton Internet Security, Manual & Raid Manual, Wordperfect
Standards/Manageability:	USB 2.0, WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, LPC 1.1 Interface
Special Features:	Special cooling, CnQ, nView, nTune, HDA, SuperRecovery, SuperBoot, SuperBIOS-Protect, SuperSpeed, SuperStep, SuperLogo, SuperUpdate, Humanity Technology
Form Factor:	ATX (12" x 9.6")