ABIT IC7-G and IC7-Max3

[tjchino]

quick question...

i'm trying to research a future motherboard purchase, and I'm wondering what the difference was between the two boards in the subject heading. As best I could tell, it looked like the Max3 adds 0+1 Raid... is that it? Is that worth the 50 or so extra for the board?

 

[HardWareBoss]

Best Abit Mobo for the buck is IS7.

 

[tjchino]

why do you say that?

and what is your opinion on gigabyte and/or asus?

 

[Crashman]

Abit IS7 cost only $103 and included SATA RAID, LAN, and Firewire. The SATA RAID and Firewire are worth more than the $13 price increase over the IS7-E.

The IC7-G adds a few more features, but it's up to you whether you'll use them or not. And the IC7-Max3 removes the Serial and Parallel ports, using this space to provide additional cooling for the VRM, something overclockers sometimes appreciate.

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[HardWareBoss]

Thanks for anwering that for me. Since I just checked in.

 

[Crashman]

No problemo.

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[tjchino]

crashman and hardwareboss -

do either of you own an is7? and if so, what memory do you have paired with it? and finally? did you have any problems getting it to work right?

thanks!

 

[HardWareBoss]

My puter. P4 2.4C OCed to 3.0. IS7 Mobo. HyperX PC3500 2X512. Running stable about 3 months.

 

[tjchino]

THANK YOU!

 

[Crashman]

I'm just a poor system builder, I can't afford to actually own any of the systems like I build others.

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