ASUS - ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe Motherboard Review

Today we are going to take a closer look at one more Socket A mainboard from ASUS, based on the nForce2 Ultra 400 chipset. An excellent product with rich functionality and a number of unique brand name features will become an excellent choice for your Athlon XP based system.. ..The distinguishing feature of this mainboard – and its main point of difference from the predecessor – is the support of wireless networking by means an expansion Wi-Fi 802.11b card. This wireless protocol allows establishing connections with up to 11Mb/s speed. This option becomes ever more demanded by the users – ASUS is wise to offer it today. Another point of difference between the two mainboards lies in the Gigabit Ethernet controller: ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe uses a chip from 3Com, while its predecessor had a controller from Marvell.

…ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe is surely a deserving product, with numerous advantages and minor drawbacks. It suits fine for home and office and gives you good overclocking opportunities. I am sure this mainboard will find its customer. It’s up to you whether you will be the one.

Highs:
-$110 price;
-Good performance and stability in the nominal operational mode;
-Rich accessories set;
-Support of IEEE 802.11b wireless networking;
-Gigabit Ethernet and SerialATA RAID;
-Audio solution on the NVIDIA APU;
-Rich expansion options.
Lows:
-You can’t increase the voltage on the chipset North Bridge;
-The range of supported memory voltages is quite narrow.

ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe Mainboard Review @ X-bit labs