Abit KT7-RAID Motherboard

Pros: ATA100 Raid controller, 266MHz frontside bus speed support
Cons: Does not support DDR memory

The KT7A-Raid in comparison to the KT7-Raid
The KT7A-Raid motherboard from Abit is one of the best boards for the latest AMD Athlon processors. It supports the AMD Duron and Athlon processors in the Socket A style just as the KT7-Raid does...

Pros: Can overclock from the BIOS, can RAID multiple hard drives.
Cons: Quite expensive, the place for the processor is in a bad spot.

When I recently decided to buy a new system, I knew that I wanted power at a low cost. The best processor for my money was AMD's Duron, which is a Socket-A processor. I had been a user of Intel before, and therefore had never used a Socket-A...

Pros: Great performance, great price, easy installation...
Cons: None so far...

Disclaimer: this review is intended for computer layman who have a very good understanding of the terms used throughout this review, and a broad understanding of motherboard technology.

My beloved and much heralded Abit...

Pros: Uses Economical Socket-A Chips, IDE Raid for Excellent Expandability
Cons: Slightly Expensive (but well worth it!)

The Abit KT-7 Raid is the perfect motherboard to serve as the heart of a tail-kicking digital video non-linear editing system. All systems are go: socket-A connection for use with high-value AMD Duron and Athlon "Thunderbird" processors; HPT...

Pros: Nice layout, loaded with features, RAID support, ATA100, AGP4x, jumperless, can set clock speed in BIOS!
Cons: A touch pricy, in the $150 range

I recently received an order for a high end Athlon workstation from a customer who wanted "the best performance available for the money." Since the heart of any system is its motherboard/chipset, you'd better start with a good one. Abit is...

Pros: Lots of built on features
Cons: slightly difficult to set up

The Abit KT-7 RAID is a great board to use for your AMD Duron and Athlon Thunderbird processors. It has a socket A connection and a built on HPT 370 IDE RAID controller along with 5 PCI slots, 1 4x AGP slot and an ISA slot. There are 3 PCI-133 DIMM slots...

Pros: Raid, Great overclocking features
Cons: expensive option

Abit continues to be the one and only when it comes to boards that can overclock today’s processors. The KT7 Raid is no exception, Abit’s famous soft menu III is included and has some pretty impressive features in order to get the most out of your CPU....

Pros: On-board RAID, 6 PCI, VC-SDRAM support, SoftMenu III
Cons: Not very overclockable, outdated, expensive

For the longest time, the KT7-RAID was the flagship motherboard for the Athlon. Boasting on-board RAID and stepless frequency adjustments, it was the dream of overclockers everywhere come true. Unfortunately, a year has passed since its introduction and...

Pros: super performance, expandability, extra powerful onboard power supply
Cons: quirky, doesn't work well with overclocker coolers

First off, if you are a first timer, or newbie to building PC's, this motherboard is probably not for you. The BIOS alone will throw you for a loop. Sure, you could always set the optimal settings and hope for the best, but thats not what the KT7 is...

Pros: Good Price, Good Quality, Good Support
Cons: Sentence structure in the manual needs some work.

I was considering another upgrade. But was tired of "NO" support from Asus. I have used Asus boards exclusivly. I started checking into the new boards, and hit on the Abit KT7-Raid. I could not be happier! I was wanting to experiment with a...

Pros: ATA-100 RAID support, solid stability, good overclocking features.
Cons: Pricey.

Abit is a company well known for making more enthusiast type products. They really don't do much business in the OEM sector so that means in order to move product they really have to innovate. This is exactly what they've done for a number of years...

Pros: RAID, 6 PCI Slots, Jumperless Motherboard
Cons: Compatibility Issues with Win2K

I believe this is one of the top motherboards for the thunderbird processors. I had no problem getting everything setup when upgrading to this new motherboard. With its SoftMenu III Bios, you no longer have to deal with jumpers. Plus, from all the...

Pros: Filled with robust features. Abit quality.
Cons: Performance comes with a price.

For the past few years Abit, a company based in Taiwan, has continually produced some of the best motherboards for Intel's line of processors. The Abit BE6 and BH6 were an overclocker's dream come true when you wanted to push the stock Celeron's speed...

Pros: Built for overclocking, 4 Fan headers, Jumperless CPU Config
Cons: Only 2 fan headers monitored.

The Abit KT7-RAID is an overclockers dream. Currently I am running a AMD Duron 650 clocked at 1GHZ stable. I have not been able to find another motherboard that comes close to the reliability and ease of set up and ease of overclocking that this one has....

Pros: Rock solid, easy ovrclocking options, easy raid set up,6 pci slots,4x AGP.
Cons: limit to 512 mb of ram, 3 dimm slots, AMR slot.

I love Abit,

the SAR6 is like there BX133, except it uses the Intel 815 ( solano chipset ) for 133 Mhz FSB support and thus you are limited to 512Mb of memory max verse the 1.2 Gb of memory that the KX chipset gives you. It has a built in...