Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: December 2000 2nd Edition

In the i815E arena we have a mixed bag of changes from our last motherboard price guide. Our favorite mobo out of the bunch, the ASUS CUSL2, has taken a price hike of $12 although the ABIT SA6R has come down in price by $4. Considering the prices, we still recommend the rock solid ASUS CUSL2 over the SA6R despite its SoftMenu III and ATA/100 RAID support.

For a standard no frills i815E mobo, the Transcend TS-ASL3 is a good choice since it has come down significantly in price to $109. If you're on a tight budget the Chaintech 6AJ is what we recommend considering it still runs for $89 and sports overclocking features and stability for a low price. Note that the 6AJ is only an i815 board (not an i815E board), which means that it only supports ATA/66.

We should see i815EP boards hitting the market relatively soon. As mentioned previously, the i815EP chipset removes the integrated graphics, and thus requires an external graphics card. However, if you weren't planning on using the integrated graphics (and anyone building a high performance system wouldn't be), then the i815EP will save you a few bucks.

Make sure you check out our latest i815 Socket-370 Motherboard reviews for more information.