Today we are fortunate enough to have a brand spanking new AOpen AX45 on the bench in which we do indeed plan to spank. The AX45 while not as feature rich as some of AOpen’s other boards, it is priced competitively and has the features to make it stand out as an upper end bargain board. Features such as running off the SIS645 chipset which supports ATA100, onboard audio, either SDRAM or DDRAM up to the newer DDR333. In offering the basics of high performance without the extras, it seems clear that AOpen is targeting the AX45 for the upper end of the budget board market. Priced at $80, puts it well below the cost of other P4 boards. We wish to extend our thanks to the good folks at AOpen for sending the AX45 over for us to monkey with.
