AOpen Aopen AX4C Max Intel Canterwood P4 (800Mhz) Skt478 DDR ATX Motherboard w Audio, Gigabit LAN, DDR-SDRAM Serial ATA

Had the board for three months... At first I was g ...

Strengths: PRICE - Features - Looks - Decent overclockability

Weaknesses: Some design layouts... thats about all..

Summary: Had the board for three months... At first I was going to get an Asus P4C8000 or whatever, the real good one, but I didnt have 180 bucks... got it from MWAVE for 110 dollars, had never read many reviews, bought it with a hope and prayer, and im glad I did. It looks fabulous with its black PCB (I think thats what its called). Got great features (gigabit, 4 sata, ata133, dual channel, PAT, etc). But I have to say, this is one of the most cost effective boards out there... I havent had any problems with it, and I like it a bunch.

BTW

I have a 2.4C (M0 stepping) HT in it with ADATA DDR500 ram (256x2 dual channel) currently @ 3 GHz

Stupid 20 dollar power supply is holding me back though...

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If you have never owned an AOPEN motherboard as I ...

Strengths: Price and features

Weaknesses: none so far

Summary: If you have never owned an AOPEN motherboard as I had not, do your self a favor and try one. These boards in general and this one in particular are great. Lot's of features you may not find on any other boards along with, in this case, a 875 chipset.

One of my other boards is an Asus P4C800-E Deluxe.

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This is a feature-riched motherboard with plenty e ...

Strengths: Package, Documentation, Accessories, Price

Weaknesses: No Prescott support. Giga-Ethernet is shared with PCI bus.

Summary: This is a feature-riched motherboard with plenty expansion room: 8 USB2.0, Firewire, 4 SATA, 1 extra ATA-133, SPDIF in/out and RAID 0, 1, 0+1.

I am really impressed with included installation guide and manual, as well as accessories. You get pretty much everything you can ask for: SATA cables and Power adapter, Firewire bracket, 2 USB 2.0 bracket, SPDIF in/out bracket.

The only thing nagetive is that it's not Prescott compatible. Nowadays, it's not easy to find a 3.0Hz Northwood for a good price. Other than that, it's a great buy.

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