Athlon 64 Socket 939
Jetway, MSI and Winfast decided to equip their motherboards with four PCI slots. This may become a good argument for some customers. Usually the boards feature three PCI slots, but Abit, DFI and Winfast (µATX version) have only two. Jetway in addition turned out to be the only company in our test that sent a motherboard with imbedded graphics core that is quite suitable for old games. Moreover this motherboard and Chaintech VNF4 Ultra can be called the cheapest ones in the test. DFI offers an opportunity to connect up to four monitors due to two graphics cards. Albatron and MSI offer x4 PCIe port the high-end storage controllers can be connected to.
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Eventually two motherboards indeed deserve our recommendations: Abit Fatal1ty AN8 and MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Edition are well-thought-out and flexible motherboards featuring high-end components. They are distinguished by excellent set of capabilities and overclocking options. The experience of both manufacturers at enthusiasts’ market is noticeable.

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