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HARDWARE

  • CPUs

    - AMD Phenom X3 8750 Review
    - Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Review
    - AMD Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition Review
    - Back in Black: Phenom 9600 Black Edition Review

  • Motherboards

    - AMD 780G Chipset Review

  • Video Cards

    - ASUS EN8800GT TOP 512MB Review
    - Gigabyte GeForce 8800 GT 512MB Review
    - PNY XLR8 GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB Review




  • Here is a quick rundown of the various features and specifications of the KA7:

    • Slot A for Athlon CPU
    • VIA KX133 Chipset
    • VIA 686A Southbridge
    • 4 DIMM Slots for a possible total of 2GB of PC133 SDRAM!
    • AGP 4x
    • 6 PCI Slots
    • 1 Shared ISA Slot
    • ABIT SoftMenu (The version we saw had SoftMenu II, though it may ship with
    • SoftMenu III)
    • ATA 66 or ATA 100

    In addition to the motherboard, we built a complete system to run a benchmark (read on!).

    • ABIT KA7 Motherboard
    • AMD Athlon 900MHz!!!
    • 128MB of PC133 CAS-2SDRAM
    • ABIT Hotrod 100 ATA/100 PCI Card
    • Diamond Viper 770 Ultra TNT2-Ultra (150/183)
    • Intel PCI Ethernet Card
    • SoundBlaster Live! Platinum Sound Card
    • Undisclosed Hard Drive w/beta ATA 100PCB





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