abit IN9 32X-MAX (NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI)
abit IN9 32X-MAX |
| Chipset |
NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI |
| CPU |
Intel Prescott/Gallatin/Smithfield (FSB 800/1066 MHz
Dual/Quad Core Pentium4 (FSB 800/1066/1333 MHz)
Celeron FSB 533/800 MHz
HyperThreading |
| Memory |
DDR2-400/DDR2-533/DDR2-667/DDR2-800 |
| HDD |
1x UltraDMA/133(RAID)
8x SerialATA II (2xRAID) |
| Extras |
High Definition Audio
10 USB 2.0
2x Gigabit Ethernet LAN
2? IEEE-1394
Wi-Fi |
| Price: |
~ $280-290 (Price.Ru) |
abit is coming back to the Russian market with quite a wide assortment of high-end motherboards. Among them, there is the "flagship" board - abit IN9 32X-MAX, built on NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI which makes the most of the chipset's capabilities, and moreover offers quite an attractive package bundle, including an additional expansion card with support for Wi-Fi.
We note it specially that the PCB design is made by the engineers at abit, which makes this motherboard radically different from the produce of other manufacturers. In particular, only ASUS offers boards based on nForce 680i SLI of own design, and others prefer receiving ready-made motherboards of NVIDIA's reference design, and packing them into own boxes.
abit IN9 32X-MAX Specifications
| abit IN9 32X-MAX |
| CPU |
- Intel Pentium 4 (Prescott (2M)/Gallatin) with the bus speeds 1066/800/533 MHz;
- Dual-core Intel Pentium D (Smithfield/Presler) with the bus speed 800 MHz;
- Dual-core Intel Core 2 Duo (Conroe/Allendale) with the bus speed 800/1066/1333 MHz;
- Quad-core Intel Core Quad (Kentsfield) with the bus speed 1066/1333 MHz;
- Intel Celeron-D (Conroe-L/Prescott) with the bus speeds 533/800 MHz;
- Support for Intel Yorkfield, Wolfdale with the bus speeds 800/1066/1333 MHz;
- Socket LGA775;
- Support for HyperThreading |
| Chipset |
- North bridge C55XE;;
- South bridge MCP55PXE;
- Interbridge communication: HyperTransport bus (800 MHz; 8 GB/s);
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| System Memory |
- Four 240-pin slots for DDR-II SDRAM DIMM;
- Maximum memory capacity 8GB;
- Dual-channel memory access;
- Supported memory DDR2-400/DDR2-533/DDR2-667/DDR2-800;
- Onboard power indicator; |
| Graphics |
- Three PCI Express x16 (2 ? 16 + 1 ? 8) slots; |
| Expansion options |
- Two 32-bit PCI Bus Master slots;
- Two PCI Express x1 slots;
- Ten USB 2.0 ports ( 4 integrated + 6 additional);
- Two IEEE1394 ports (Firewire; 2 additional);
- Integrated High Definition Audio;
- Two Gigabit Ethernet LAN controllers;
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| Overclocking options |
- FSB adjustable within 100 to 750 MHz; multiplier adjustable;
- Adjustable voltages on the CPU, memory, HT bus, and the chipset (nb + sb);
- abit uGuru; |
| Disk subsystem |
- 1 line for UltraDMA133/100/66/33 Bus Master IDE (with support for up to 2 ATAPI-devices & RAID 0, 1);
- Support for SerialATA II (6 lines - MCP55PXE, with support for RAID 0,1,5, 0+1, and JBOD);
- Additional SerialATA II/Raid controller (Sil3132 chip, 2 SerialATA II lines);
- Support for LS-120 / ZIP / ATAPI CD-ROM; |
| BIOS |
- 8 Mbit Flash ROM;
- Award Phoenix BIOS with support for Enhanced ACPI, DMI, Green, PnP Features, and Trend Chip Away Virus;
- Five BIOS profiles; |
| Misc |
- One port for FDD, ports for PS/2 mouse and keyboard;
- Buttons to power-on, reboot, and clear the BIOS settings;
- 7-stage POST indicator;
- Support for uGuru Panel;
- STR (Suspend to RAM);
- SPDIF In/Out;
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| Power management |
- Wake-up on modem, mouse, keyboard, LAN, timer, and USB;
- 24-pin power connector ATX (ATX-PW);
- Additional 8-pin power connector;
- Additional 4-pin Molex power connector; |
| Monitoring |
- Monitoring the temperatures of the CPU, system, power supply module, voltages, measurement of rotational speeds of the six fans;
- abitEQ; |
| Dimensions |
- ATX form factor, 244 mm x 305 mm (9.63" x 12"); |
Package
The board is packaged in a rather impressive box of stylish design:
There is a handle to carry it around, and one page of the cover opens up like that of a book:
Inside the box, the user finds the motherboard in a plastic transparent box, as well as another box with accessories:
Contents:
- Motherboard;
- Software & drivers CD;
- User's Manual in English + Quick Setup Manual;
- 1x rounded ATA-133 cable, 1x rounded FDD cable;
- Six SerialATA cables;
- 1x cap for the rear panel of the housing;
- Bracket for 2 additional USB 2.0 and one Firewire ports;
- Two SLI-connectors + enforcement bracket;
- Clips for the additional fan;
- Optical cable;
- Sticker with a jumpers layout diagram;
- WiFi module + aerial;
- WiFi setup guide.
The standard components of the package bundle does not fully unveil the potentials: you'll have to buy some extra items. I mean two SerialATA cables and a few power supply adapters (6 connectors altogether are needed). You also have to buy additional brackets for four USB ports. In all the other respects, there are no more claims: the package bundle includes a rounded P-ATA cable and cable for the hard driver, one bracket for two USB ports and two Firewire ports, as well as six SerialATA cables.
Besides, the package bundle includes clips to install an additional 40 mm fan (but the fan itself is missing), an enforcement bracket, as well as an optical cable.
The user's manual is highly detailed and contains a brief description in multiple languages. There is also a brief guide on uGuru features, a sticker with the jumpers layout diagram and a guide for WiFi setup.
As regards the regular drivers disk, it contains (apart from Windows and Linux drivers) a set of abit's proprietary utilities - FlashMenu, OC Guru.
Besides, the board comes bundled with an expansion card to support the WiFi, an aerial, a setup guide, as well as two SLI connectors (designed to merge two video cards into an SLI). It's not clear why they are two.
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