Joe I thought that was a very good review; I also prefer to see a full list of the features rather than a lot of graphs that show me that the mobo works exactly like every other board with the same chipset. The onboard hardware monitoring/fan PWM is ****ing slick! You know that every motherboard's winbond ICs support that, and that Aopen is the only one that bothers to wire it all up and code an app for it. I have had a few motherboards that worked well with Alfredo's Speedfan app though.
A couple of questions about the review:
Can the onboard video work at the same time an AGP card is used to get dual display (like the ThunderK7)?
How is the quality of onboard video? Ok for 1600x1200 display?
I buy baseline mobos for overclocking, but I am now seeing that I have a need for a family/multimedia PC for things like general gaming/movie/music duties and also connecting the DV camcorder and making dvds of family stuff. This looks like a great board for that.
On the budget comparison, I think the Albatron mobo that is around $80 online is a better choice if you aren't wanting big features. I can't believe you quoted newegg prices. Dave is gonna kick you in the sac if we go back down there in march
