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| |  Affiliate Reviews: Motherboards from Abit & MSI
ABIT Fatal1ty AA8XE i925XE LGA775 Motherboard  | Quote: |  | | |  | Originally Posted by Overclockers Australia |  | | | | | | | | | The most noticeable feature implemented on the AA8XE is the black OTES housing. “OTES†stands for “Outside Thermal Exhaust SystemÂâ€. ABIT introduced OTES in 2002 with their “Siluro†GF4 Ti4200 video card. More advanced versions were later implemented on motherboards as well, such as the IC7 Max3. OTES provides active and passive cooling to mosfets and the circuitry. The AA8XE sports the latest and most advanced OTES version. The size of the mosfet heatsinks has been greatly increased and the hot air is now sucked away from the mosfets and blown out of the case by 2
fans at the end of the OTES housing instead of previously only 1 fan.
Full Review at Overclockers Australia | |  | |  | | Abit KV8 Pro Motherboard Review | | Quote: | | | | | | Originally Posted by CoolTechZone.com | | | | | | | | | | Abit is a name synonymous with high-quality, rock stable and overclocking friendly motherboards. The company caters to enthusiast needs and is truly an innovator in the industry. Throughout the years, Abit has innovated exclusive technologies that allow overclockers to push their systems to extreme limits. These technologies include their famous SoftMenu BIOS and the latest uGuru technology, a real-time
overclocking utility. Naturally, they haven't just concentrated their efforts on tweaking, but also on the board layout and the rest of the features that really make a motherboard an all rounder in its category. We are of course talking about the idea behind 90 degrees rotated IDE and floppy connectors that other manufacturers have adopted due to its preference by the community.
Full Review at CoolTechZone | | | | | | | MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Motherboard Review | | Quote: | | | | | | Originally Posted by PcStats.com | | | | | | | | | | MSI's new K8N Neo4 Platinum motherboard is based around the nForce4-Ultra chipset, this board can use any Socket 939 Athlon64/FX processor and can be stuffed with up to 4GB of PC3200 DDR RAM. A single PCIe x16 slot provides the graphical interface and the motherboard comes equipped with quite a few integrated peripherals like an additional Serial ATA/RAID controller, IEEE 1394, two Gigabit NICs and 7.1 channel audio. In terms of expansion, the K8N Neo4 Platinum is one of the best on the market with four traditional PCI slots, one PCI Express x1 and one PCI Express x4 slot. That's definitely more expansion room than we've seen on many other Athlon64 motherboards! Eight SATA devices are supported as well as four traditional IDE hard drives/optical drives.
Full Review at PcStats | | | | | | | |
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