The bottom right hand corner of the Foxconn MARS motherboard is very busy; three USB 2.0 headers, six Serial ATA II slots, the front panel I/O header, the Power/Reset/Clear CMOS buttons and CMOS battery.

There are four DDR2 memory slots on the Foxconn MARS motherboard, install the DDR2 memory in alternating slots to enable dual channel configuration. The motherboard is compatible with DDR2-667/800/1066 MHz memory. Foxconn places the main ATX, floppy and IDE channel to the right of the DIMM slot which helps keep the thick cables away from the other system devices.

There is plenty of space around the Intel LGA775 CPU socket for big after market Intel heatsinks, water blocks or whatever your heart desires. The Foxconn MARS natively runs with an eight pin ATX12V connector but if your power supply only supports the older 4 pin standard, that's okay.

The Intel P35 Express Northbridge and ICH9R Southbridge generate a fair amount of heat, and as you can see Foxconn equip the MARS with an elaborate heat pipe based cooling solution dubbed "Cool Pipe." Heat from the Southbridge is conducted to the large Northbridge heatsink, then to the copper MOSFET heatsinks. The Northbridge heatsink is equipped with a 40mm fan to help keep the core logic running cool.