Generation Change: Eight Motherboards For The Athlon 64

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Gigabyte GA-K8NNXP, Continued

Gigabyte wastes space here: there's room for a FireWire connection or more USB ports underneath the second RJ45 port. But maybe that would have necessitated a redesigning of the board?

There tends to be a bit too much to change in the BIOS. That may be great for professionals, but for everyone else it's just confusing. It would be better to hide the seldom used options in submenus.

Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.