“The Foxconn BloodRage was one of the most anticipated X58 boards made. The board comes packed with innovative features seemingly poised for “extreme” overclocking. Whether these statements are hype, marketing fluff, or fact remains to be seen. Read on as we separate the fact from fiction.”Here are some more Motherboard articles from around the web:
- ASUS ROG Rampage II Gene mATX X58 @ Tweaktown
- ASUS Rampage II Gene micro-ATX motherboard review @ Elite Bastards
- EVGA X58 SLI Classified 760 (Non NF200) Run-Through @ VR-Zone
- EVGA X58 Classified LGA1366 Motherboard Review @ Hardware Canucks
- The Overclocking DNA – ASUS Rampage II Gene (Intel X58) @ Hardware Zone
- ASUS M4A78T-E 790GX AM3 Motherboard Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H @ motherboards.org
- ASUS M4A79T Deluxe @ InsideHW
- MSI 790FX-GD70 @ CPU3D
- Asus M3A78-T AMD AM2+ DDR2 @ Futurelooks
- Almost Ideal Socket AM3 Mainboard: Gigabyte MA790XT-UD4P @ X -bit Labs
- Asus M4A79 Deluxe @ Neoseeker
If Khorne was shopping for motherboards …

The Foxconn Bloodrage certainly has a powerful name, one almost as powerful as the hype that has been spread about the power of the board. It is an X58 that is going it alone, no NForce 200 MCP to be found but you do get a SONAR X-Fi card to give a little more audio power to the board. [H]ard|OCP were looking forward to seeing the test results and the overclocking potential of the board but were stopped by a pair of problems. One was the incredible recalcitrance of the board to do anything, including not have pieces fall off; the second being the Foxconn’s tech rep willingness to utter the phrase “This is broke, hope you have better luck than we did.” and leave it at that.