A barebones Athlon mobo, the AK39N has enough functionality to set this board apart as an ideal platform for building a home PC or workstation. It comes with 10/100 Ethernet, five PCI slots, ATA133 support and six-channel audio, but little else.
Its three DIMM slots are passable and can take 3GB of DDR400, and its relatively uncluttered layout means you’ll be able to add the extras with ease.
This article appeared in the July, 2003 issue of PC Authority.