Foxconn Bloodrage-Quantum Force- -X58- -Retail-

[s002wjh]

man i would love to see dfi x58 vs foxconn performance comparsion

[systemviper]

found this in an article..

On paper, Bloodrage is shaping up to be an impressive high-end X58 solution. It's scheduled to reach stores early December, and it'll carry a price-tag of around £265 including VAT.

isn't that around 370US

It's not early December any more,..

[Touge180SX]

As stated before, the Northbridge waterblock is 100% copper with 1/2" barbs. A store here in Japan already had this board but only like 5 of them and by the time I found out they were already sold out. The price on the board here was 27,800 JPY which is about $309 so not bad at all!

http://www.dospara.co.jp/5goods_part...&ic=90044&lf=0

[Blacky]

man i would love to see dfi x58 vs foxconn performance comparsion

me too but so far DFI was an amazing memory OCing and seems to have 0 vdroop, I would like to see bloodrage on that part!

As stated before, the Northbridge waterblock is 100% copper with 1/2" barbs. A store here in Japan already had this board but only like 5 of them and by the time I found out they were already sold out. The price on the board here was 27,800 JPY which is about $309 so not bad at all!

thats damn cheap

[SF3D]

I got some info about the price. It should be ~300 USD. It is really cheap, if it will be so.

More tests coming today. I got some things fixed now

[Blacky]

I got some info about the price. It should be ~300 USD. It is really cheap, if it will be so.

More tests coming today. I got some things fixed now

wojoooo!!!! wow I never thought would be that cheap tho when it comes! saaya said before xmas

[Der_KHAN]

what's wrong with you guys? 300 bucks for a mb? how's that cheap!?

[BulldogPO]

Foxconn has so ty attitude for Finnish market so many people wo´nt be buying their boards around here, no matter how good they are.

But they do´nt need Finnish market as they are aiming for larger selling areas.

[SAE]

It's meant to be cheap for an X58.^^
I payed like 250,-€ for my DFI nF4 eXpert when it came out, iirc.

[Blacky]

what's wrong with you guys? 300 bucks for a mb? how's that cheap!?

Look at Rampage II *cough* $400 *cough* and yet it has hardware configuration problems -.-

Foxconn has so ty attitude for Finnish market so many people wo´nt be buying their boards around here, no matter how good they are.

But they do´nt need Finnish market as they are aiming for larger selling areas.

Yeah I agree, it happened with 790i Dreadnought so much hype and never was launched... tho there was an article saying that Foxconn has problems with their departments, marketing is way ahead of others, thats why you see so much paper launch

[DMH]

Look at Rampage II *cough* $400 *cough* and yet it has hardware configuration problems -.-



Yeah I agree, it happened with 790i Dreadnought so much hype and never was launched... tho there was an article saying that Foxconn has problems with their departments, marketing is away ahead of others, thats why you see so much paper launch

Then they need to sync up with each others

[Touge180SX]

Look at Rampage II *cough* $400 *cough* and yet it has hardware configuration problems -.-



Yeah I agree, it happened with 790i Dreadnought so much hype and never was launched... tho there was an article saying that Foxconn has problems with their departments, marketing is away ahead of others, thats why you see so much paper launch

Yeah, this mobo is cheap in my opinion if you look at what you are getting compared to other x58 options out there!

Saaya mentioned earlier the same thing about their departments and that China always delays when it comes time to send the product out!

On another note, has anyone found pictures of what the drive bay thing for the Bloodrage looks like when it is on?

[SF3D]

what's wrong with you guys? 300 bucks for a mb? how's that cheap!?

Why wouldn't High End motherboard cost over 300€. People pay 600€ for a high end VGA and 1200€ for high end CPU. Come on.. that is the old way of thinking.

Foxconn has so ty attitude for Finnish market so many people wo´nt be buying their boards around here, no matter how good they are.
But they do´nt need Finnish market as they are aiming for larger selling areas.

It's not about "that" attitude. Finland is really small market area. There is like 5 people buying these boards Seriously.. I will ask this from Michael Kruitnof who is doing deals with our shops. Jimm's was supposed to sell Foxconn products already, but I have no idea what went wrong.

Look at Rampage II *cough* $400 *cough* and yet it has hardware configuration problems -.-

Yeah I agree, it happened with 790i Dreadnought so much hype and never was launched... tho there was an article saying that Foxconn has problems with their departments, marketing is way ahead of others, thats why you see so much paper launch

Like this board, rampage extreme offers you the ultimate platform for Core i7, so no need to bash the prices.

Dreadnought was canceled, cause 790i chipset was pile of "****" . If you can't have enough working chips, there is no idea of selling high end motherboards. But still, paper launch is wrong word.

[BenchZowner]

Yeah, this mobo is cheap in my opinion if you look at what you are getting compared to other x58 options out there!

Saaya mentioned earlier the same thing about their departments and that China always delays when it comes time to send the product out!

On another note, has anyone found pictures of what the drive bay thing for the Bloodrage looks like when it is on?

I'm afraid that it's not included in the package.
I've got a retail board here, and it wasn't in the package and there's no sign of a space for it, so it's not a mix up from Foxconn's packaging dpt.

[Slovnaft]

ultimate platform for Ci7? R2E (at least mine) is clocking memory like crap. Give me any kit of ram and I can guarantee I can't get more than ~100mhz over the top, nor tighten timings, at any voltage. I've had 2 different types of chips, D9JNL and Elpida, both exhibited the same pathology. I'm about ready to change it out for this board if it can clock ram better.

[systemviper]

I am going to switch my work rig to a i7, so I can't wait for the blodrage, it's between that and the Evga, which is 300 tooo

I can't wait till it hits the market, got my eyes peeled. Also love that red and black design, it would stoke in my H2go...

[BulldogPO]

Why wouldn't High End motherboard cost over 300€. People pay 600€ for a high end VGA and 1200€ for high end CPU. Come on.. that is the old way of thinking.



It's not about "that" attitude. Finland is really small market area. There is like 5 people buying these boards Seriously.. I will ask this from Michael Kruitnof who is doing deals with our shops. Jimm's was supposed to sell Foxconn products already, but I have no idea what went wrong.



Like this board, rampage extreme offers you the ultimate platform for Core i7, so no need to bash the prices.

Dreadnought was canceled, cause 790i chipset was pile of "****" . If you can't have enough working chips, there is no idea of selling high end motherboards. But still, paper launch is wrong word.

Yep I know, but there is many of harcore overclockers like you who would like this board.
BTW, have you looked that waterblock? what is it´s fittings diameter, inside and outside?

[BenchZowner]

Yep I know, but there is many of harcore overclockers like you who would like this board.
BTW, have you looked that waterblock? what is it´s fittings diameter, inside and outside?

It's 1/2", as confirmed from Saaya.

[SAE]

saaya said it would be 1/2" fittings^^
I have 13/19mm tubing here - 11mm wold be way to small to fit.

[Klarko]

Damn at 300 that will be my top choice if i get a ATi card, if i get the new 295GTX it will be between the Bloodrage and the evga... choice choice :/

[msgclb]

After looking at the manual the only way that I see to update the BIOS is by using a utility called Fox LiveUpdate. Is this the only way to update the BIOS? My guess is that all Foxconn motherboards use the same utility so has there ever been any problems using this utility to update the BIOS in Windows? So far this is the only concern that I've got.

[BenchZowner]

After looking at the manual the only way that I see to update the BIOS is by using a utility called Fox LiveUpdate. Is this the only way to update the BIOS? My guess is that all Foxconn motherboards use the same utility so has there ever been any problems using this utility to update the BIOS in Windows? So far this is the only concern that I've got.

Nope.
There are several ways.
During POST you can press Alt + F2 to enter the AWARDFLASH BIOS Flashing utility.
You can use FoxUpdate within Windows as well.

[msgclb]

Nope.
There are several ways.
During POST you can press Alt + F2 to enter the AWARDFLASH BIOS Flashing utility.
You can use FoxUpdate within Windows as well.

Does the AWARDFLASH BIOS Flashing support a USB flash drive?

[SF3D]

When you download bios file, you will have all needed files for flash. Just use bootable usb stick, put all files in and you are ok. (It will flash your bios automatically)

I have used Foxliveupdate and there is no problems. Of course you have to be sure, that your current settings are stable

[Touge180SX]

I'm afraid that it's not included in the package.
I've got a retail board here, and it wasn't in the package and there's no sign of a space for it, so it's not a mix up from Foxconn's packaging dpt.

Yeah, I figured that. Wonder how much it will cost extra and when it will be available?