Motherboard Review Roundup—Socket 939
Socket 939 is no longer a rare commodity in mainboards like it was six months ago. We've batched together a group of nine of these AMD Athlon 64–ready mobos, ranging from the bargain basement to the ultimate gamer models for overclockers and tweakers.
Here's an at-a-glance comparison of the boards, with links to the reviews.
Product | Review date | Price at review time | Check prices | Summary |
04/11/2005 | $95 |
A great, inexpensive board for quiet Media Center PCs or small casual-computing desktops. Performance-minded enthusiasts need not apply. | ||
05/02/2005 | $109 |
For under $100, this gives you plenty of capacity and good performance. | ||
(WiFi) |
05/04/2005 | $140 |
Built-in WiFi notwithstanding, there’s no good reason to choose this motherboard. | |
04/05/2005 | $89 |
For the price, this is a really good board. Those looking for something more feature-packed would be better off spending a little more. | ||
04/18/2005 | $135 |
For the overclockers out there, this is an awesome board at a very reasonable price. ExtremeTech Approved | ||
03/16/2005 | $195 |
Delivers the best benchmarks we've yet seen for an Athlon 64 motherboard, but the funky slot layout might be a problem, and our failure to overclock is discouraging. | ||
04/13/2005 | $128 |
This is a great nForce 4 Ultra based board, well-suited for tweakers and overclockers. ExtremeTech Approved |
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05/11/2005 | $120 |
Not all KN1 Extreme boards may have the stability problems we’ve seen, but they are worrisome. That, plus a lack of BIOS features, is enough for us to tell you to steer clear. | ||
03/21/2005 | $109 | N/A | This is a great value for those who don't plan to overclock and don't need access to all 4 SATA connectors with a large graphics card. |
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