AOpen AX4SG MaxII Motherboard

For those of us that like to piece together our own computer systems from the ground up, deciding which piece of hardware to buy can tough.  With more and more companies coming to market with competitive products, its never easy to choose which component best suits both your needs and budget.  And it's not like one component will take care of everything, so there are numerous decisions to be made for motherboard, video, audio, RAM, Drives..etc.

Instead of having to make decisions on a handful of different pieces of hardware, the AOpen AX4SG MaxII motherboard has a few of them covered for you.  With onboard graphics and sound as well as a slew of other capabilities, this motherboard can certainly be classified as an "all-in-one solution" for several base system requirements.  But AOpen didn't stop there, as they left room to pack in quite a bit of performance.  The AOpen AX4SG MaxII incorporates the immensely popular Springdale Chipset by Intel, featuring support for all the latest Intel Pentium 4 processors and dual channel memory.  However, slapping the label "Max" onto a product does not guarantee performance or success, so today we will show you if the AOpen AX4SG MaxII motherboard has what it takes to compete in a crowded motherboard segment.

AOpen AX4SG MaxII Motherboard Specifications

As you can see, labeling this motherboard "Max" is certainly not a stretch of the imagination.  Sporting the 865G Northbridge and ICH5 Southbridge chips, among a plethora of other features, this motherboard is fully loaded.  And for those of you looking for a variety of connectivity options, this AOpen motherboard will not leave you hanging.  Both Firewire and USB 2.0 are included in this package, as well as Gigabit LAN, on board graphics, on board audio and finally RAID 0 and RAID 1 support.  To sum it all up, this board isn't short on anything and seemed impressive right out of the box.  We think it's time for a closer look at all these goodies.  Let's get a little more up close and personal with the AOpen AX4SG MaxII motherboard.