ABIT Fatal1ty AA8XE i925XE Mainboard

[Steve]

Ask yourself exactly what you want out of a motherboard. Do you want the best feature set for £150? If so, look elsewhere. Do you want a board that, other things being equal, will probably overclock higher than other LGA775 models and offer the largest array of user-definable options? If so, the Fatal1ty AA8XE is probably the best choice. The most fundamental question for gamers/enthusiasts looking to build a gaming monster of a PC is whether it's the best gaming board, period?. The answer is no, and has little to do with how well ABIT has architected this model. Put simply, AMD Athlon 64 CPUs are the gaming CPUs of choice, as shown by the brief look at gaming results on the previous page. Buy yourself a competent S939 board and run with a mid-to-high-end Athlon 64 CPU instead. Either that, or invest in an SLI-capable motherboard for either platform.

However, if you absolutely, positively want to run a decent Intel gaming platform, the ABIT Fatal1ty AA8XE remains a great choice.

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