The Abit KT7 Is A Solid Socket A Motherboard
Written: Sep 29 '00
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Pros: Stable motherboard, Soft Menu 3
Cons: Poor performance compare to other SocketA offerings
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| Zeorai's Full Review: Abit KT7 Motherboard |
The Abit KT7 is the regular version of Abit's top of the line socketA board the KT7-Raid. Upon inspection you'll notice that the KT7 is pretty much identical to the Raid version except it's missing the Raid controller. In truth, that's basically what the board is.
I'll run down the standard features: 3 DIMM Slots that can support up to 1.5 GB of SDRAM. Six PCI slots and 1 ISA slot. The board is missing the CNR or AMR slot, but that's really more something that integrators and OEMs like. Two standard USB ports, but with the extra included expansion (which will take up one of the PCI slots) you can have up to 4. All in all pretty standard, nothing remarkable.
So how is it's stability? Pretty darn good. Abit's line of Athlon motherboards are probably the most stable boards they've ever made. Not a whole lot to say except that it's pretty good, definitely in line with any Asus board, which are very stable.
The board's performance though falls short of the Asus boards. In most tests, I won't go in to them here but they can be found at most hardware sites, the KT7 is usually running in the bottom half. Not terribly good.
But enough of the normal stuff, how does this Abit board overclock? Well, it comes with Abit's Soft Menu 3 which allows you to adjust the front side bus in increments of 1. Currently, Abit is the only company to offer this. In addition I've also heard that the CPU's clock multiplier can be adjusted with Soft Menu if you have a CPU that doesn't have the clock multiplier lock on it. So the potential is definitely there.
Overall, the KT7 is a very good motherboard, however it's not as good as some other offerings that are also available. The Asus A7V offers better features and performance at a nominally higher price point. It's the KT7-Raid motherboard that really shines, I've got a review on that board too. With the addition of ATA-100 Raid support the KT7-Raid really seperates itself from the crowd of socketA motherboards. Without it though, the KT7 is pretty much just another member of the socketA club. That's not to say it's not a good product, because it is, but there a better products available.
Recommended:
Yes
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