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Abit IT7 i845E Motherboard Review
Author: Asher Moses SUMMARY: Abit has long been making quality motherboards that have been noticed by the enthusiast crowd. They have even gone so far as to remove legacy ports from some of their product line as well. Join Asher "Acid" Moses as he checks out their latest offering; namely the Abit IT7. It combines support for the new 533MHz Pentium 4 processors, DDR266 memory and more RAID ports than you can shake a stick at. But can it live up to the reputation that it has garnered in the past? Let's find out!
Editor: Cameron Wilmot
Category: Motherboards
Published: 24th July 2002
Manufacturer: Abit Our Rating: 8.0 out of 10
Specifications - CPU Supports Intel Pentium® 4 Socket478 processor 400/533MHz System Data Bus- Chipset Intel 845E (ICH4) chipset Supports AGP 4X 1.5V device only Supports Hi-Speed Universal Series Bus (USB 2.0) Supports Dual Ultra ATA/100,Ultra ATA/66,Ultra ATA/33 channels supporting 4 devices - Ultra DMA 133 / RAID HighPoint HPT374 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 Three 184-pin DIMM sockets support DDR SDRAM modules Supports up to 2 GB MAX. (64, 128, 256, 512MB DDR SDRAM) Supports unbuffered Non-ECC type DDR DIMMs- Audio Realtek ALC650 (AC-Link) Supports 6CH DAC for AC3 5.1 CH purpose Professional digital audio interface supporting 24-bit SPDIF OUT- Card Reader Supports Memory card (MS or SD) Interface Supports LPC bus Supports SONY Memory Stick Interface / SD Memory Card Interface Supports Compact Flash ROM Interface- 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- LAN On board Realtek 8100B single chip Ethernet controller interface 10/100Mb Operation User friendly driver included- Multi I/O Functions 2 channels of Bus Master IDE Ports supporting up to 4 Ultra DMA 33/66/100 devices 4 channels of Bus Master IDE Ports supporting up to 8 Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 (RAID 0/1/1+0) devices 6 USB 2.0 Connectors On board VIA VT6202 USB 2.0 header for four extra USB channels Three P1394a fully compliant cable ports at 100/200/400 megabits per second Audio connector (Line-in,Center/Sub, Surround Spk, Front Spk ,Mic-in)- Miscellaneous ATX form factor 1 AGP 1.5v slot, 4 PCI slots Hardware monitoring - Including Fan speeds, Voltages, System environment temperatureSearch for the best price on the Abit IT7 i845E Motherboard!
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Abit IT7 - Page 1 [Introduction]
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Abit IT7 - Page 6 [System Productivity]
Abit IT7 - Page 7 [Gaming Benchmarks]
Abit IT7 - Page 8 [Overclocking & Conclusion]
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