Hmmm... maybe we will have to start covering Foxconn motherboards again.

The Inquirer is running a story that Foxconn intents to go head-to-head with Asus for the enthusiast market. Apparently Foxconn has established a "Quantum Force" brand for its enthusiast boards, and it apparently intends to ship a killer x48 based board - that is outfitted from the start for your choice of four types of cooling:

• passive heatsink
• heatsink + fan
• water cooling
• liquid nitrogen cooling (!)

While I love to overclock chips, I tend to stop at water cooling, as I don't really like having dry ice or liquid nitrogen around - but its nice to have the option for say overclocking contests.

Quantum Force also reportedly is intending on building boards with many more slots - four PCIe x16, and up to six other slots.