ABIT AV8 (K8T800 Pro socket 939) Motherboard Review
Author: Dean Nottis
Date: October 31, 2004
Supplied By: Directron
Price: $111 USD
Introduction
Today 3DXtreme is taking a look at the ABIT AV8 socket 939 motherboard. This new ABIT board is based on the VIA K8T800 Pro chipset and has a plethora of features including 1000 MHz Hyper-Transport, Serial ATA Raid, Firewire and onboard Gigabit Lan. This motherboard can be found at Directron.com for a mere $111 (pricing current as of 10/31/04), lets take a look at the Specifications of this affordable motherboard then get right into the performance testing results.
Specifications & Features
Supports AMD Athlon 64/64 FX 939-pin processor, 2000MHz system bus using Hyper Transport technology.
Four 184-pin DIMM sockets, Supports Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266 (Max. 4GB).
VIA K8T800 Pro/ VT8237 chipset, Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI)
Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP 8X/4X.
Supports SATA 150 MB/s RAID 0/1.
On board 10/100/1000M LAN PCI Ethernet Controller.
Supports 3 ports IEEE 1394 at 100/200/400 Mb/s transfer rate.
6-Channel AC'97 CODEC on board, Professional digital audio interface supports optical S/P DIF In/Out.
Internal I/O Connectors: 1 AGP 8X/4X slot, 5 PCI slots, Floppy Port supports up to 2.88 MB, 2 x Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 Connectors, 2 x SATA 150 Connectors, 2 x USB headers, 2 x IEEE1394 headers, 1 x FP-Audio header, 1 x CD-IN, 1 x AUX IN.
Back Panel I/O: 1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 1 x PS/2 Mouse, 1 x Serial, 1 x Parallel, 1 x S/P DIF Output, 1 x S/P DIF Input, 1 x Audio connector (Center/Subwoofer, Surround Speaker), 1 x Audio connector (Line Out, Line-in, MIC-in), 2 x USB, 1 x IEEE1394 Connector, 2 x USB, 1 x RJ-45 LAN Connector.
Package: User's Manual x 1, Quick Installation Guide x 1, ABIT uGuru Handbook x 1, Jumper setting label x 1, Support CD x 1 / SATA Utility Disk x 1, USB 2.0 cable x 1 / IEEE1394 cable x 1, SATA cable x 2 / SATA power cable x 1, ATA133 Round cable x 1, FDD Round cable x 1, I/O shield x 1.
Miscellaneous: ATX form factor (305 x 245mm).
Features
µGuru
µGuru is a new microprocessor designed by the ABIT Engineers for use only on ABIT motherboards. µGuru combines the ABIT Engineered features ABIT EQ, ABIT FanEQ, ABIT OC Guru, ABIT FlashMenu, ABIT AudioEQ and ABIT BlackBox into a user-friendly interface providing users the perfect environment with which to maximize performance and stability.
Serial ATA 150 RAID
Serial ATA is an evolutionary replacement for the Parallel ATA storage interface. This new high-speed interface boosts data transfer rates to up to 150 MB/sec. More flexible power tolerances allow for smaller and more efficient cables.
IEEE 1394
Supports 400/200/100 Mb/s data transfer rate, let you easily connect to most kinds of Digital Video and Digital Camera.
6-Channel Audio
Lets you enjoy 6-channel audio without having to buy advanced sound cards.
Thermal Guard™
ABIT ThermalGuard™ technology prevents your CPU from overheating and burning up in case of any hardware-cooling malfunction. ThermalGuard™ is hardware-based for maximum security and reliability.
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