The 955X7AA model is designed in traditional Foxconn red-black-white
colors, packed in a very convenient box (which resembles a chest ),
made of pressboard with a magnet latch. The contents and the box
design are well matched: excellent i955X features in terms of SATA II
support are supplemented with 4 x SATA ports (based on an additional
controller). Those who prefer the old storage device interface are not
abandoned upon the mercy of ICH7R (which really needs a supplement in
this case) — the motherboard has the integrated ATA133 RAID controller
supporting four devices. In the best modern traditions, there are two
network interfaces on the 955X7AA. Both of them support 10/100/1000
Mbit/s; finally, owners of the corresponding devices may count on two
FireWire ports and one GigaWire. Any user will be glad to have
8-channel integrated HDA controller with good (but not the best,
according to the RMAA results) analog audio output quality.