Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. July 11th, 2003—Exploring
the world of Personal Computing, The Tech Report website recently took
the award winning ABIT IC7-G Max II Advance for a test drive. What stood
out was the plethora of IDE channel capabilities and the super tweakable
BIOS.
Built for Overclockers, By Overclockers
Of course, any discussion of the IC7-G wouldn''t be complete without
mentioning the Rubycon capacitors that ABIT uses all over the board. Rubycon
capacitors are considered among the best, and they were largely immune
to the cap-busting fiasco that plagued far too many motherboards not so
long ago. The fact that Tyan uses Rubycon capacitors on their high-end
server boards is a shining endorsement of the capacitors'' reliability,
too.
the IC7-G is among the cheapest Canterwood-based motherboards
to come with GigABIT Ethernet. In fact, only Intel''s own Canterwood...is
cheaper, and not by much. Of course, Intel''s board doesn''t have Firewire
support, a second Serial ATA RAID controller, or the IC7-G BIOS''s robust
overclocking and tweaking options.
As it stands, I like the IC7-G just the way it is. ABIT has succeeded
in building a fast, stable, and feature-rich Canterwood board that should
delight overclockers, enthusiasts, and workstation users alike. The IC7-G''s
value lies entirely with the board itself. ABIT doesn''t have to lean on
a packed bundle of extras one bit to make this one a good deal. Looking
for a Canterwood board with all the features you need and none of the
extras you might not want anyway? Look no further than the IC7-G."
For the full article go to:
http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2003q3/ABIT-ic7-g/index.x?pg=1
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