SUMMARY: Abit. When you hear this name you think of a manufacturer that has brought out some great motherboards in the past. But when they introduced the AT7 board with it's Legacy-Free packaging, some folks had second thoughts. Come join Asher "Acid" Moses as he takes a look at the new Abit KX7-333R Motherboard. It takes the KT333 chipset, the newest Highpoint RAID controller, and then adds back in the legacy support that many feel they still need. Can it live up to the Abit tradition? Let's find out!
- CPU Support AMD Athlon XP 1500+ ~ 2100+ or future Socket A Processors based on 200/266 MHz (100MHz/133MHz Double Data Rate) Support AMD Athlon 700MHz ~ 1.4GHz or future Socket A Processors based on 200/266 MHz (100MHz/133MHz Double Data Rate) Support AMD Duron 600MHz ~ 1.2 GHz or future Socket A Processors based on 200 MHz (100MHz Double Data Rate)
- Chipset VIA KT333 / VT8233A Supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 IDE protocol Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI) Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP 2X(3.3v)and 4X(1.5v)mode (Sideband) device Supports200/266/333MHz (100/133/166MHz Double Data Rate) Memory Bus Settings
- Ultra DMA 133/ RAID Highpoint HPT 372 IDE Controller Ultra DMA 133MB/sec data transfer rate RAID 0 (striping mode for boosting performance) RAID 1 (mirroring mode for data security) RAID 0 + 1(striping and mirroring)
- Memory Four 184-pin DIMM sockets support PC1600/PC2100/PC2700 DDR DRAM modules Supports 6 banks up to 3GB DRAMs for unbuffered DDR/SDR modules Supports 8 banks up to 3.5GB DRAMs for registered DDR/SDR modules
- System BIOS SoftMenu™III Technology to set CPU parameters Supports Plug-and-Play (PNP) Supports Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) Supports Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Write-Protect Anti-Virus function by AWARD BIOS
- Multi I/O Functions l Floppy Port supports up to 2.88MB 2 Channels of Bus Master IDE Ports supporting up to 4 Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 2 Channels of Bus Master IDE Ports supporting up to 4 Ultra DMA 33/66//100/133 (RAID 0/1/0+1) Built-in Standard /EPP/ECP parallel port connector Two built-in 16550 fast UART compatible serial port connectors Built-in PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 mouse port connectors On board USB header for two extra USB channels
- Miscellaneous ATX form factor 1 AGP slot, 6 PCI slots Hardware monitoring including Fan speed, Voltages, System environment temperature Built-in Wake on LAN header Built-in Wake on Ring header Built-in IrDA TX/RX header
