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ABIT AA8 DuraMAX - LGA 775
Motherboard
Recently we've had a taste of Intel's 915 chipset at it's finest, the
ABIT AG8. Now it's time to check out the 925 chipset based board, the
ABIT AA8 DuraMAX. With this board we still have PCI Express and LGA 775,
but this time we graduate to DDR2. We already shown you what this board
can do with our recent 3GHz CPU review, but now it's time to get serious
and dig into this board a little deeper. Let's get busy!
Specs
The
AA8-DuraMAX is ABIT's version of the Intel 925X world's fast chipset
platform. With SATA RAID, Dual DDR2 533/400, PCI-Express X16, IEEE1394,
Gigabit LAN, ABIT Engineered uGuru, this board is the performer of the
year. Using the groundbreaking Hyper-Threading Technology and gushing
with extra capacity and peripherals support as well as first class
onboard sound, this board can easily be your foundation for a superb
system.
 LGA775 CPU Socket
- Designed for Intel® 90nm Prescott LGA775 processors with 800MHz FSB
- Supports Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
Express Chipset
- Intel 925X / Intel ICH6R Express Chipset
- Supports Hi-Speed Universal Serial Bus (USB 2.0)
Flexible Memory
- Four 240-pin DIMM sockets (Un-buffered Non-ECC DIMM)
- Supports Dual channel DDR2-533/400 (Max. 4GB), Up to 8.5GB/s bandwidth
PCI Express x16
graphics
- PCI Express x16 graphics delivers up to 8GB/s per direction for 3.5
times more bandwidth than AGP8X at 2.1GB/s
PCI Express x1 I/O
- PCI Express x1 I/O offers 500MB/s concurrently, over 3.5 times more
bandwidth than PCI at 133MB/s
SATA Matrix RAID
- Four ports SATA 150 RAID 0/1, deliver higher performance and data
protection
- Supports SATA AHCI, providing native command queuing and native hot
plug
High Definition Audio
- On board Theater-class 7.1 Channels Intel® High Definition Audio
- Professional digital audio interface supports auto jack sensing and
optical S/PDIF In/Out
IEEE 1394
- Supports 3 Ports IEEE 1394 at 100/200/400 Mb/s transfer rate
Gigabit LAN
- On board GbE Gigabit LAN controller supports 10/100/1000 BASE-T
Ethernet
Internal I/O Connectors
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
- 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
- 2 x PCI slots
- 1 x Floppy Port supports up to 2.88MB
- 4 x SATA 150 Connectors
- 1 x Ultra ATA 100/66/33 Connector
- 2 x USB 2.0 headers
- 2 x IEEE 1394 headers
- 1 x FP-Audio header
- 1 x CD-IN
Back Panel I/O
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 1 x PS/2 Mouse
- 1 x Serial Port connector, 1 x Parallel Port connector
- 1 x S/PDIF IN/OUT
- 1 x Audio connector (Center/Subwoofer, Rear Surround, Surround
Speaker)
- 1 x Audio connector (Line Out, Line-in, MIC-in)
- 2 x USB Connectors, 1 x IEEE1394 Connector
- 2 x USB Connectors, 1 x RJ-45 GbE LAN Connector
Miscellaneous
- ATX form factor (305 x 245 mm)
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