Conclusion:

I was very pleased with the K8 Ultra-U Pro; it offers decent performance combined with rock stability. Packed with almost every feature that can be found nowadays on higher end main boards, it makes the board suitable for almost every user, almost. Die hard overclockers looking for an S754 board might want to elsewhere, but for those who just want to overclock their system with stock cooling, this board will provides a hassle free solution, I've gained 450Mhz, for free, with the A64 CPU I used.

The absence of an USB bracket and fire-wire port are the could be considered as min points, but when you learn the price of the board, you might understand that they cut costs. At Newegg.com the Albatron can be bought for $66 at the time of writing! Building a very budget minded S754 system has never been this interesting.

PRO
Rock stable, even overclocked
Very competitively priced
Overclocker friendly BIOS

CON
Not the best overclocker around (no PCI/AGP lock)
No USB bracket or Fire-Wire port

I would like to thank Tomasz from Albatron for providing us with the review sample.



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