Abit

[Lonyo]

I like Abit, am I sane?
I got my KR7A board and I like it, can I still be classed as normal, because some people don't seem to rate Abit that highly, but to me they are what I will go for in the future (it's my first mobo though, other computers hhave all been ordered from Dell etc and left as they were)

 

[jaybee]

I'm even less sane, I still like Abit even after my KA7's capacitors took a crap on my board.

jaybee

 

[Tripleshot]

I'm even less sane, I still like Abit even after my KA7's capacitors took a crap on my board.

That happened on 3 of my KA7 boards. Now I have useless CPUs stacking up.

Abit is ok on some configurations and sucks on others, as was the cap problem on the KA7. But to be honest, you can have problems with any of them and great success with any of them. Luck of the draw.

Asus and Abit are good over clocking mobos and not for the faint of heart. MSI has some middle of the road stuff, and stable choices are Tyan and Epox. Thats my opinion. I build them for a living. I haveonly Abit and Asus in my personal systems. Abit BX6 and BX6 recv 2 have worked flawlessly for years for me. I am replacing a Abit bx133 raid mobo with an ASUS CUV4X-D now, and I intend to run over the Abit Bx133 with my truck. I hope no one gets that board.

 

[CoDerEd]

I've been an Abit big fans myself.
Since KT7 - KT7A - KR7A - BD7 - and now
i'm happy with my IT7. tried ASUS and MSI
but they are jus not for me.

pEace

 

[gururu]

I have worked with both abit and asus boards. i put asus boards in friends' computers and abit boards in my own.

i like abit. very simple and nothing fancy. sweet overclockers.

 

[Buz2b]

Just a couple of cents worth....I have (exactly) two "acquaintences" that are in the retail AMD system (strictly) business. One of the things they tell me is that ABIT has the highest RMA of any other boards. Now, that can mean a lot of different thnigs. The user can be an idiot and screwing things up. The boards can be defective. The user can be trying to utilize the wrong or incompatible parts. I am just passing on some feedback from a couple of major retailers in the market.
I personally have only had one ABIT MB, on an old celeron system. It worked wonderfully for a good amount of time. Unfortunately, it took a dive one morning and wouldn't boot. Now I go elsewhere.

 

[bevo]

I have long since forgotten how many Abit MB's I have owned and built for others. Never had to RMA a single one. Have 2 still running BH6's, and am using kr7a's and kx7-333's now. All are sweet o/cers...

 

[ShinSa]

Originally posted by: gururu
I have worked with both abit and asus boards. i put asus boards in friends' computers and abit boards in my own.

i like abit. very simple and nothing fancy. sweet overclockers.

Same here.

I keep the ABIT board for myself and build with ASUS board for my friends.

Abit seems to be dedicated more towards hardcore enthusiasts as it allows extreme amount of configurations.

Asus is just rock steady and I know my friends wont have any problems with it.

I tried EPOX 8KHA+ in the past but its infamous booting problem on the rev1.0 board has given me a second thought.


One last thing. ABIT boards are the only boards that i know which allows complete jumperless settings(EPOX requires one jumper to switch from 100 to 133)

 

[jaybee]

One more thing: I've got a KT7a now. Nice board, but it won't overclock for beans. I think the northbridge is getting too hot, but I've put off checking into it. My mem is PC150, and I can't get the fsb stable over 140.

jaybee

 

[Maleficus]

I <3 my KT7A-Raid

 

[RU482]

I love ABIT. My NV7M is hella more stable than my ASUS A7N266e, and uATX to boot(advantage to me)

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Hopefully Abit boards will continue to be among the best overclockers even after the production is outsourced to ECS. In the meantime Abit is only going to have ECS produce a line of boards for them that will be their first offerings targeted specifically at the value market, and it's these boards that will determine if Abit will eventually outsource All board production to them from what I've read.

 

[jarsoffart]

I don't think my opinion has great weight to it, but my Abit KR7A-RAID (in the first system I built which I'm using now) has been superb ever since I got it, which has been a whole seven months! I've overclocked my Athlon XP 1700+ to 1900+ speeds but it would die after two to three hours. I didn't increase the CPU voltage which could've been a problem, but I'm not sure. Temperatures seemed to only inrease one Celsius. I also have a ten-some year old computer in my house that uses an Asus TX97 and it is still working, except when I loaded Windows 2000 it now always says that my CD-ROM drive has been disconnected.

 

[ShinSa]

Originally posted by: jarsoffart
I don't think my opinion has great weight to it, but my Abit KR7A-RAID (in the first system I built which I'm using now) has been superb ever since I got it, which has been a whole seven months! I've overclocked my Athlon XP 1700+ to 1900+ speeds but it would die after two to three hours. I didn't increase the CPU voltage which could've been a problem, but I'm not sure. Temperatures seemed to only inrease one Celsius. I also have a ten-some year old computer in my house that uses an Asus TX97 and it is still working, except when I loaded Windows 2000 it now always says that my CD-ROM drive has been disconnected.

I have the exact same board.

My AGKGA XP1700+ runs without a hitch at 1900+ using default voltage.

Running with a PAL8045 and a panaflo and keeps the temp at 47 idle, 50 load.

Good PSU and quality ram is the key.

 

[CaptnKirk]

Sanity is in the mind of the beholder,
I only use the board the voices in my head tell me to use.

 

[billyjak]

Abit LX7, KT7, KT7 Raid, and now a KR7A raid board, I retired the LX7 but the others are still running happily oc/ed
I have tried Ausus, Aopen, Epox, Gigabyte, MSI, DFI, Intel and I still prefer Abits.
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