Albatron PX865PE Lite Pro i848P

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Nicholas Hart
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Albatron
May. 14, 2004

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Introduction

When I heard I would be reviewing an Albatron motherboard I wasn't sure what to expect. I've heard the name, but seen very little about their products. A quick visit to their website provided some insight. The Albatron name debuted in 2002 and marked a shift in strategy for a company formerly known as Chun Yun Electronics. Primarily a display manufacturer, Albatron added PC motherboards, graphics cards and wireless communications to their product line.

For such a new company they seem to be doing quite well. A search on Google led me to quite a few favorable reviews of both their motherboard and video card line. A common thread among all of these reviews is that they may not be the highest performing products, but are stable and perform well at a reasonable price. The PX865PE Lite Pro that I will be reviewing is a budget board that looks to keep that reputation intact.

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Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: Board Layout / Features
Page 3: Accessories / Extras
Page 4: BIOS
Page 5: Test System / Benchmarks
Page 6: Benchmarks: PCMark04 / Aquamark 03
Page 7: Benchmarks: Aida32 / Sandra 04
Page 8: Benchmarks: SpecViewPerf 7.1 / ScienceMark 2.0
Page 9: Benchmarks: Winbench 99 / UT2k3
Page 10: Overclocking / Conclusion

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2 User Comments

1 - Posted by EmoMakesMeCry on May 16, 2004 - 12:48 pm

i have an Albatron 865PE Pro, not the lite variant, and i had a bit of a problem with it.

when i bought it with a processor i got a great deal on it so i figured, why not? but i also bought a SATA hard drive to use as my one and only drive since the board had the support for it. bad news when i put my machine together...the board's SATA ports wouldn't work. so i snooped around online looking for answers and guess what?....the board needed a bios update for the SATA ports to be functional...

makes me wish i had stuck with Abit like i had intended to.

but i must say, my albatron is excellent for overclocking.

2 - Posted by Nick on May 17, 2004 - 11:17 am

I had the same problem, although I won't say the SATA ports 'didn't work', I simply couldnt boot. I could see them in the bios, but when I had the system set to enhanced, it wouldnt boot. Leaving the system in legacy mode (as for linux or older OS's) the system would boot.

Same as you though, upgrade the bios and it works fine. A little too fine for an $80 board ;) I can honestly say I was surprised at how well the board worked being so cheap compared to the boards I was comparing it too.

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