PC Guide Recommends ABIT IC7-MAX3
Editors give motherboard a 9 out of 10 rating

January 2, 2004 - ABIT's MAX series of motherboards means MAXimum features and MAXimum performance. PC Guide recently took a close look at the IC7-MAX3 motherboard, and with its impressive feature set, managed to win their Recommended Award, and garner a 9 out of 10 rating!

PC Guide delves into the rich features of ABIT's SoftMenu™: "Another menu of interest is the PC Health status which has Fan Fail Alarm option, that gives option to shut down system and ABIT have also built in CPU FanEQ speed control that allows you to control CPU fan speed down to a specific percentage as long as active temperature isn't exceeded, an awesome feature ABIT have built into the IC7-MAX3."

Next, PC Guide takes a look at overclocking the IC7-MAX3: "For some when making a decision about a board the OC features and potential pay a big part in the decision of which motherboard to buy. From previous experience with ABIT we are expecting to find the IC7-MAX3 is able to step up and deliver a good OC base. As we saw in the BIOS section of this review the first menu item allows for easy adjustments to the frequency and voltages settings as well as an idea on new clock speed of the CPU...with a little bit of tweaking we managed to increase the CPU to almost a 3.5GHz while still running stable and this helped to give the IC7-MAX3 that boost in the right direction."

Here's the conclusion: "To sum it all up on the total packed the IC7-MAX3 provides an amazing solution, ABIT are continually improving with new features and technology to set their products apart from the rest. We were impressed with the wide range of connectivity available on the board including firewire on the back I/O panel and 6xSATA Raid ports on top of the now standard features like Dual Channel DDR, 8xAGP etc. The blue/green orb style HSF on the Northbridge adds to the attraction as well all the extra goodies ABIT have thrown in like black rounded IDE cables and ABIT's secure IDE...the board still manages to deliver high performance and with it all taken into account the IC7-MAX3 is a superb quality board from a highly recommend manufacturer."

For the full review, go to:
http://www.pcguide.com.au/Reviews/Motherboard/abit_ic7-max3/page1.php

For more information on the IC7-MAX3, go here:
ABIT IC7-MAX3

For more information on ABIT and ABIT Engineered products, go here:
http://www.abit.com.tw



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