Pros: Stable, compatible and surprisingly cheap. Cons: No ATA-66/100 (limitation of BX chipset)
Late last year my motherboard (a Soyo 6BB) went up in a puff of smoke and had left my computer dead in the water. I was desperate for something to get up and running again as quickly as possible. At this point I was not looking to upgrade anything, I...
Pros: Stable, inexpensive Cons: few options or frills
I have built at least 100 machines with this motherboard and have yet to return a single one. AOpen boards are (in my opinion) very high quality and almost always very affordable. There isn't really all that much to say about this motherboard, it just...
Pros: stable and affordable Cons: included software
Aopen is the second largest maker of mother boards in the world Intel being the first. The problem is most of the average user base has never heard of them. They do very little advertising but still have a great following and the quality of their...
Pros: Cheap, but Quality Cons: No real stand-out features
This motherboard worked great for me. I built my computer by buying each part off the internet. This was the motherboard that I chose. It's a good quality motherboard, thick and sturdy. The AOpen brand is also very good. They provided many BIOS...
Pros: Jumperless and still overclockable, Easy to upgrade BIOS Cons: the onboard hard drive controller supports up to ATA/33.
If your looking for a simple yet stable motherboard than look no further. I've ran a couple of these and they are very stable. You simply plug your processor and memory on this and it sets itself. They have recently tested and upgraded the BIOS on this...
Pros: easy to install I thought Cons: can not restart
Purchased on 1-7-2000 along with a AOpen case from a local company I have been dealing with for a long time. After everything was installed the motherboard would not reboot and the power button would not work to restart the computer after a reboot...
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