Taipei, Taiwan, October 2nd 03-Top Hardware
enthusiast website Hot Hardware has recently reviewed the IC7-MAX3 and
found it worthy of their highest accolades, the coveted Editor’s Choice:
"Score another win for the folks at ABIT. The IC7-MAX3 is a pure
specimen example of what a motherboard targeted toward the enthusiast
and power user, should deliver. This new Canterwood board from ABIT exhibited
the kind of stability one would expect from a second generation offering,
that has had time to mature. However, it did so with top end speed, features
and overclocking capabilities, that could easily be thought of as bleeding
edge."
The Rise of Cooling
"ABIT's OTES technology that was designed for the IC7-MAX3,
also adds to the board's fantastic stability, affording it a real advantage
with cooler power FET and PWM temperatures. We weren't surprised at the
great results we achieved overclocking the IC7-MAX3. Enthusiasts have
been realizing the benefits of MOSFET cooling for sometime now. It just
took ABIT to polish the technology and bring it to market with their usual
quality and flair."
Loaded with Features
"In addition to all this motherboard technology
innovation, ABIT took steps to include optional features not found on
many motherboards, at least to the extent they are on the IC7-MAX3. With
6 SATA ports, great chipset cooling, GigABIT Ethernet, 6 channel audio
with optical outputs, USB 2.0, Firewire and the Secure IDE module, there's
something for everybody on this board. Simply put, it's the best Pentium
4 motherboard configuration we've seen in our lab to date."
For the full review, please go here. |