Abit NV7-133R Motherboard Review

Taking a Closer Look

- Packaging and Software Bundle

The NV7-133R comes in the same red, black and white box that was first introduced with Abit's KR7A-RAID motherboard. It features a very creative design and is sure to stand out from the competition on store shelves. Inside the box was a detailed User's Manual, a driver CD, IDE and Floppy cables, a USB header that enables the extra two USB ports, and a sound backpanel that enables the rest of the ports for the onboard 6-channel sound.

As far as a software bundle is concerned, the NV7-133R does not come with the largest assortment of free software we have seen from a motherboard manufacturer in the past. The driver CD includes; Adobe Acrobat Reader, Norton AntiVirus 2002 and a copy of Hardware Monitor to measure your system temperatures, etc. Keep in mind that most people buying this board would most likely already own most of the software that could have been included with the board, and besides, I'm sure most of you would rather a cheaper board than extra software anwyay.