{"video_id":"xQC6CHEfY9s","title":"Foxconn G41S-K Value mATX LGA775 Core 2 Duo Motherboard Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2011-05-08T14:53:29Z","duration_s":291,"segments":[{"start_s":0.24,"end_s":7.44,"text":"Today I'll be unboxing a product that may not seem interesting at the outset.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":4.48,"end_s":13.759,"text":"This is the Foxcon G41SK. It is an LG75","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":9.599,"end_s":16.16,"text":"CPU motherboard and it uses DDR2 RAM. So","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":13.759,"end_s":20.8,"text":"it's got a fairly bog standard set of features. Here is the full specs on the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":18.24,"end_s":26.16,"text":"side. So it uses a G41 chipset. It supports up to 1333 front side bus. It","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":23.76,"end_s":31.119,"text":"has support for for PCI Express 16x. It has onboard video. It has six channel","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":28.32,"end_s":38.64,"text":"audio. So that's 7.1 audio gigabit LAN and SATA 2. So it's got basically","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":33.84,"end_s":43.52,"text":"everything you need for a super basic PC","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":38.64,"end_s":47.039,"text":"and it is tiny. So this is a microATX","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":43.52,"end_s":49.44,"text":"board. Bear that in mind. A microATX","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":47.039,"end_s":54.48,"text":"board, not a miniITX board, even though it is about the same size as one.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":52.48,"end_s":60.16,"text":"And it's got pretty much everything you need to build a fully functional PC with","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":57.039,"end_s":62.16,"text":"just uh RAM, hard drive. Well, okay, you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":60.16,"end_s":65.92,"text":"have to actually build a PC around it. But the thing that's interesting about","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":63.44,"end_s":69.92,"text":"it is for to me the size and the price. It's super cheap. Comes with an IO","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":68.0,"end_s":74.4,"text":"shield, a SATA cable, and then a Molex to SATA power adapter. It comes with","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":72.159,"end_s":78.88,"text":"some motherboard drivers and a quick installation guide. So, fairly basic","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":77.2,"end_s":83.28,"text":"accessory package, but that's what you'd expect from a board in this sort of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":80.88,"end_s":90.08,"text":"price range, where really I haven't seen anything else in literally years. Okay,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":87.04,"end_s":92.32,"text":"so here we've got the LGA 775 socket.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":90.08,"end_s":96.32,"text":"We've got the power delivery system around the socket. We've got our four","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":94.32,"end_s":100.72,"text":"pin connector in its almost ideal location near the top left. And then","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":98.159,"end_s":105.52,"text":"we've got our 24 pin power in its ideal location on the far right. Now, you may","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":103.36,"end_s":111.68,"text":"have noticed already this is a super super basic board. You've got one one","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":108.479,"end_s":113.759,"text":"slot for DDR2 and that supports up to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":111.68,"end_s":117.52,"text":"hopefully four gigs, although I'm kind of guessing here. 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You've got a PCI Express","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":122.56,"end_s":129.2,"text":"16x graphics slot, so you can actually install a full-size graphics card in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":126.64,"end_s":134.48,"text":"this board if you wanted to. a PCIe 1X slot so you can put sort of one other","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":131.2,"end_s":136.64,"text":"expansion card in here, two SATA drive","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":134.48,"end_s":140.879,"text":"interfaces, and then you've got your front panel connectors, your onboard","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":138.56,"end_s":147.68,"text":"speaker header, you've got front panel audio here, you've got um","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":145.68,"end_s":154.2,"text":"hopefully there's a front USB header somewhere. Hold on a minute. Let me","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":150.8,"end_s":154.2,"text":"figure this out.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":156.0,"end_s":162.08,"text":"Huh. I don't see. Oh, there they are. Okay,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":160.56,"end_s":166.16,"text":"there you've got support for up to four more ports with front panel USB and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":164.64,"end_s":170.48,"text":"you've also got some other pretty useful stuff like an IR header here. So, that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":168.959,"end_s":175.12,"text":"would make this a great little media board. All right, so here on the back we","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":172.879,"end_s":179.36,"text":"find more mediacentric features. So, you've got digital audio out. That's a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":177.599,"end_s":184.239,"text":"pretty good thing to have on such a value board. You've got two PS2 ports,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":181.68,"end_s":187.84,"text":"one VGA out. So, I would recommend adding a graphics card if you are going","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":186.159,"end_s":193.76,"text":"to use this as a media center. Maybe something like an uh a low-end ATI HD","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":190.72,"end_s":195.519,"text":"5000 series like a 5450. That would be a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":193.76,"end_s":200.159,"text":"great choice because with that you can do all of your decoding uh on the video","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":197.84,"end_s":203.68,"text":"card. You can put a low-end CPU in here, a little bit of RAM, you use your uh","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":202.08,"end_s":208.56,"text":"digital audio, and you've got yourself a heck of a little HTPC for super cheap.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":206.72,"end_s":213.519,"text":"And then you've got four USB 2.0 0 ports, 1 GB Ethernet, and then uh","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":211.36,"end_s":217.68,"text":"apparently that's 7.1 audio somehow, but you won't be able to use a microphone","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":215.36,"end_s":222.319,"text":"while you're using uh those audio ports for 7.1 audio. Uh I hope I said this is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":220.4,"end_s":226.239,"text":"Gigabit. And thank you for checking out my simple unboxing, I suppose, of the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":224.64,"end_s":229.76,"text":"G41S-K from Foxcon. And then the last thing I","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":228.159,"end_s":235.04,"text":"wanted to do is just compare it really quickly against MiniITX.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":232.72,"end_s":241.68,"text":"So this is a MiniITX board. You can see the miniITX board is actually only um","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":239.2,"end_s":247.68,"text":"like a centimeter and change shorter. And then in terms of width, the miniITX","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":244.959,"end_s":251.68,"text":"board is exactly the same width. So the only major difference is the positioning","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":249.84,"end_s":256.959,"text":"of the mounting holes. So you can see this top left one is the same. Okay, you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":254.959,"end_s":262.479,"text":"can see the one over here is the same in this corner. And then where we start to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":259.84,"end_s":268.72,"text":"run into differences is here. So, the miniITX board has one right under the IO","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":265.68,"end_s":270.24,"text":"uh the IO uh panel. And then this other","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":268.72,"end_s":276.639,"text":"board has actually no, that looks like it's in the same spot, too. Hold on a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":271.759,"end_s":278.639,"text":"minute. Oh, well, there you go. Okay, so","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":276.639,"end_s":283.68,"text":"the only reason it's not miniITX is cuz it's not short enough. Then there you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":280.8,"end_s":288.4,"text":"have it. Foxcon G41SK miniatx motherboard","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":286.32,"end_s":291.68,"text":"unboxing. Don't forget to subscribe to my video blog.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"Today I'll be unboxing a product that may not seem interesting at the outset. This is the Foxcon G41SK. It is an LG75 CPU motherboard and it uses DDR2 RAM. So it's got a fairly bog standard set of features. Here is the full specs on the side. So it uses a G41 chipset. It supports up to 1333 front side bus. It has support for for PCI Express 16x. It has onboard video. It has six channel audio. So that's 7.1 audio gigabit LAN and SATA 2. So it's got basically everything you need for a super basic PC and it is tiny. So this is a microATX board. Bear that in mind. A microATX board, not a miniITX board, even though it is about the same size as one. And it's got pretty much everything you need to build a fully functional PC with just uh RAM, hard drive. Well, okay, you have to actually build a PC around it. But the thing that's interesting about it is for to me the size and the price. It's super cheap. Comes with an IO shield, a SATA cable, and then a Molex to SATA power adapter. It comes with some motherboard drivers and a quick installation guide. So, fairly basic accessory package, but that's what you'd expect from a board in this sort of price range, where really I haven't seen anything else in literally years. Okay, so here we've got the LGA 775 socket. We've got the power delivery system around the socket. We've got our four pin connector in its almost ideal location near the top left. And then we've got our 24 pin power in its ideal location on the far right. Now, you may have noticed already this is a super super basic board. You've got one one slot for DDR2 and that supports up to hopefully four gigs, although I'm kind of guessing here. Please leave a comment under the video for our viewers if you find out how much memory is supported in that one slot. You've got a PCI Express 16x graphics slot, so you can actually install a full-size graphics card in this board if you wanted to. a PCIe 1X slot so you can put sort of one other expansion card in here, two SATA drive interfaces, and then you've got your front panel connectors, your onboard speaker header, you've got front panel audio here, you've got um hopefully there's a front USB header somewhere. Hold on a minute. Let me figure this out. Huh. I don't see. Oh, there they are. Okay, there you've got support for up to four more ports with front panel USB and you've also got some other pretty useful stuff like an IR header here. So, that would make this a great little media board. All right, so here on the back we find more mediacentric features. So, you've got digital audio out. That's a pretty good thing to have on such a value board. You've got two PS2 ports, one VGA out. So, I would recommend adding a graphics card if you are going to use this as a media center. Maybe something like an uh a low-end ATI HD 5000 series like a 5450. That would be a great choice because with that you can do all of your decoding uh on the video card. You can put a low-end CPU in here, a little bit of RAM, you use your uh digital audio, and you've got yourself a heck of a little HTPC for super cheap. And then you've got four USB 2.0 0 ports, 1 GB Ethernet, and then uh apparently that's 7.1 audio somehow, but you won't be able to use a microphone while you're using uh those audio ports for 7.1 audio. Uh I hope I said this is Gigabit. And thank you for checking out my simple unboxing, I suppose, of the G41S-K from Foxcon. And then the last thing I wanted to do is just compare it really quickly against MiniITX. So this is a MiniITX board. You can see the miniITX board is actually only um like a centimeter and change shorter. And then in terms of width, the miniITX board is exactly the same width. So the only major difference is the positioning of the mounting holes. So you can see this top left one is the same. Okay, you can see the one over here is the same in this corner. And then where we start to run into differences is here. So, the miniITX board has one right under the IO uh the IO uh panel. And then this other board has actually no, that looks like it's in the same spot, too. Hold on a minute. Oh, well, there you go. Okay, so the only reason it's not miniITX is cuz it's not short enough. Then there you have it. Foxcon G41SK miniatx motherboard unboxing. Don't forget to subscribe to my video blog."}