You might be wondering why the Gigabyte 8PENXP costs $582. The short answer is it's because of the features. It supports up to 4GB RAM with six DIMM slots, SATA and IDE RAID, Gigabit Ethernet, eight USB, three FireWire and four SATA ports.
The 8PENXP also comes with a three-year warranty. While this might seem expensive, it’s still a lot cheaper than purchasing add on cards for all these features.