ABIT AV8 Socket 939 VIA K8T800Pro Mainboard Review (1)
Bluetooth 13 July 2004

ABIT AV8

ABIT has been quiet for the past months as they were busy with their worldwide gaming event. As a company that focuses on gaming, ABIT is implementing more stability onto their series of boards. The ABIT AV8 is ABIT's latest Socket 939 product based on the VIA K8T800Pro chipset.

The AV8 comes with 4 DIMM slots supporting four 184-pin DIMM sockets (Un-buffered Non-ECC DIMM) and supports Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266 (Max. 4GB), With it VIA 8237 south bridge, it supports SATA 150 MB/s RAID 0/1. Gigabit Ethernet and 1394 are available for best connectivity. On board audio is equipped, Realtek ALC658 6-Channel AC'97 CODEC on board supporting professional digital audio interface supports optical S/P DIF In/Out.

Most importantly, this board comes with many nice overclocking features. That includes a large range of FSB and multiplier controls. Vcore, Vagp, Vdimm, Vchipset, HTT, North and South Bridge voltages can all be adjusted. The µGuru built onto the board takes care of the fan speed and μGuru has it's onboard memory that allows users to save their favorite overclocking settings for specific applications.  OC Guru™ ups the ante with ABIT AutoDrive™, which allows you to have overclocking, voltage, and fan settings change automatically per application. Have the system lower fan speeds and noise levels when you are surfing the net, but automatically raise the FSB and crank the cooling up when you launch a 3D game. Only OC Guru™ with ABIT AutoDrive™ gives this level of control.
 

Package

The package comes standard with the cables, manuals, CDROM, USB bracket.

Specifications

CPU

• Supports AMD Athlon™ 64 / Athlon™ 64 FX 939-pin processor
• 2000MHz system bus using Hyper Transport™ technology
   

CPU Integrated Dual Channel Memory Controller

• Four 184-pin DIMM sockets (Un-buffered Non-ECC DIMM)
• Supports Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266 (Max. 4GB)

Chipset

• VIA K8T800 Pro/ VT8237 chipset
• Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI)
• Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP 8X/4X

SATA 150 RAID

• Supports SATA 150 MB/s RAID 0/1
   

GbE LAN

• On board Gigabit PCI Ethernet Controller
• Operation support ACPI & Wake on LAN

IEEE 1394

• Supports 3 ports IEEE 1394 at 100/200/400 Mb/s transfer rate
   

Audio

• 6-Channel AC'97 CODEC on board
• Professional digital audio interface supports optical S/P DIF In/Out
   

ABIT Engineered

• ABIT μGuru™ Technology
• ABIT CPU ThermalGuard™ Technology

Internal I/O Connectors

• 1 x AGP 8X/4X slot
• 5 x PCI slots
• 1 x Floppy Port supports up to 2.88 MB
• 2 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33 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

Miscellaneous

• ATX form factor (305x245mm)

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