Motherboards for All Budgets

Loaded Asus boards take top honors on our chart, but low-cost models like Gigabyte's GA-K8N Pro-SLI perform just as well.

Eric Dahl

Mar 24, 2006 6:00 am

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Last Rated:	BEST BUY! ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Motherboard (Athlon X2/ Athlon FX/ Athlon 64/ Sempron, nForce4 SLI X16, Socket 939, ATX, 4GB DDR, 1000MHz Bus) nVidia nForce4 SLIx16 chip set, SLI dual-graphics support (16X), Four SATA-300 ports, two SATA-150 ports, two PATA ports, RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 support, Price when ranked: $215 Bottom Line: This model packs pretty much every feature you'd ever want into one place, with plenty of options for overclocking. But it ain't cheap. Full Review • Test Report • Check latest prices	Check Latest Prices
Last Rated:	ASUS A8R-MVP Motherboard (Athlon X2/ Athlon 64/ Sempron, Socket 939, Radeon Xpress 200 Crossfire, ATX, 4GB DDR, 1GHz Bus) ATI Radeon Xpress 200 CrossFire chip set, CrossFire dual-graphics support (8X), Four SATA-300 ports, two SATA-150 ports, two PATA ports, RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 support, Price when ranked: $99 Bottom Line: The A8R-MVP is a very solid motherboard for building basic systems. Though it lacks some of the features of other boards, it's also significantly cheaper. Full Review • Test Report • Check latest prices	Check Latest Prices
Last Rated:	Gigabyte GA-K8N PRO-SLI Motherboard (Athlon 64, Socket 939, nForce4 SLI, ATX, 4GB DDR, 2000MHz FSB) nVidia nForce4 SLI chip set, SLI dual-graphics support (8X), Four SATA-300 ports, two PATA ports, RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 support, Price when ranked: $105 Bottom Line: The GA-K8N Pro-SLI has a few quirks (such as the poor placement of the SATA sockets), but it is a fully-featured motherboard with a number of features that can make life easier if you like to tweak your system for maximum performance. Full Review • Test Report • Check latest prices	Check Latest Prices