ABIT has earned the reputation as makers of some of the most innovative motherboards on the market. Although they may not pack in as many extras like front panels, and wacky LEDs, their innovations such as Softmenu BIOS and OTES cooling technology serve to improve the enthusiast's experience in areas that do matter... performance, stability and overclocking.

You can grab this board for $144

For the average home user the Soyo K8USA Dragon 'Black Label' motherboard is an ok choice. I think at the current price there are far better boards to choose. The performance was average, the price is high, and the bundle doesn't include much of anything that is useful. Overall the Soyo K8USA Dragon 'Black Label' Edition motherboard fell below expectation. While ALi is on the right track with the M1687 chipset, it still has a ways to go before I would consider it a contender. Maybe with some time under its belt and a few BIOS revisions, the K8USA will make a resurgence, but for now, either stick with a Via K8T800 based board, or wait for the nForce3 250 to come to market.