Foxconn C51XEM2AA Specification
| Board Feature | Implementation |
|---|---|
| Northbridge | NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI SPP |
| Southbridge | NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP |
| Processor Support | All AMD Socket AM2 microprocessors including: AMD Athlon 64 FX AMD Athlon 64 X2 AMD Athlon 64 AMD Sempron |
| Memory Support | DDR2-400/533/667/800 NVIDIA SLI Memory via EPP 8GiB max via 4 slots |
| Graphics Support | PCI Express 2 PEG16X slots NVIDIA SLI |
| PCI Express | 1 x PCIe 1X slot 1 x PCIe 4X slot |
| PCI Conventional | 2 x PCI 2.3 slots |
| Networking | 2 x NVIDIA Gigabit Ethernet NVIDIA DualNet, FirstPacket, ActiveArmon |
| Firewire | TI 1394a/b controller on PCI 2 FW400 ports 1 FW800 ports |
| Audio | Realtek ALC882D; HD Audio, 10-channel (7.1+2) Jack sensing, optical Toslink digital out |
| USB | nForce5 590 SLI MCP; 10 ports USB 2.0 |
| Disk Support | nForce5 590 SLI MCP; 6 SATA300, 1 ATA133 IDE, RAID0,1,0+1,5 |
Unlike most mainboards, the Foxconn sports Firewire 800 in addition to the base feature set provided by the core logic. It also bundles the Dolby Digital Live version of Realtek's ever popular ALC882 HD Audio CODEC.
Being the 590 SLI flagship reference design, the C51XEM2AA carries all 590 SLI features, including support for SLI Memory, all the new networking technologies, LinkBoost, Xe, and the rest of the goodies.