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.
by Gr8ful in Computer Hardware, - Top 100, May 27 '01
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: Decent overclocking ability
Stability
Well written manual
Bios tweakability
Raid capabilities
Cons: USB problems
Some hardware incompatibilities
Placement of cpu too close to resistors
This board is definitely an intermediate to advanced board to setup. If you are planning to build your own system you had better do some homework to find out which hardware is compatible (i.e. soundblaster live 5.1 and Radeon 64DDR). There are some...
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Pros: On-board RAID, 6 PCI, VC-SDRAM support, SoftMenu III Cons: Not very overclockable, outdated, expensive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: 1 Mhz incrament FSB, 'Jumperless', great voltage control, SoftMenu III Cons: Can send deadly voltage to the CPU. Chrome Orbs dont fit w/o modification.
OK. There I was. Just me and the KT7-RAID.
Well that was exciting.
Ok, here's the skinny. If you like overclocking, get this board. YES! Log off-line, buy it, install it, and then come back to finish this write up. Just kidding,...
Pros: Fairly cheap, plenty of card slots Cons: not fully stable, difficult to set up
When deciding to purchase the Abit KT7 - Raid motherboard I had hoped for a solid, easy to use piece of hardware. Instead I got the board and found it to be unstable and unreliable. The RAID device is a job to set up and not something that any novice...
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...
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: 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: 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: Soft CPU Cons: not much room for fan depending on size of case
I just recently purchased this board. It is absolutely the greatest. If you are an Overclocker ABIT makes it possible with SOFT-CPU. On the fly overclocking. Best investment i have bought for my pc in a long time. If you are a serious buyer i would...
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: Excellent features and performance Cons: Somewhat pricey
The first Abit motherboard I used was the PR-5, which was a pentium motherboard, and had jumpers you had to set. Since then, I've used several models, and been entirely satisfied with all of them.
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...
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: 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: RAID, ATA 100, Jumperless, everything! Cons: None that i've noticed.
I bought this motherboard because of the name (I trust ABit) and the built in RAID controller. If you don't know what RAID is, it is like SCSI, except it is far cheaper, and uses IDE. I have 2 IBM ATA/100 7200 rpm 30 gig hard drives, and it works...
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...
Abit has always made some of the best motherboards out there, as per computer builders and review sites on the web. I have used both the KT7-RAID and the KA7-100. I found that the KT7-RAID was a lot easier to configure and use. The RAID was real easy...
I feel there is not a finer socket-A mainboard on the market today: From the high-quality construction to the abundance of over-clocking options, this board will not fail to impress.
But I want to give you an advice on raid instaliation: if you...
This is a Via KT133 chipset-based motherboard, so it supports the AMD Thunderbird and Duron processors presently up to 1.2 GHz and probably on ones to be released later. This board, however, has the distinction of adding an UDMA100 IDE RAID controller....
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...
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...
Abit customer service good by customer212111 ,May 25 '05
Pros: Good customer service Cons: Motherboard died 3 years + 1 month after purchase, warranty is only 3 years.
Just wanted to add a note that my KT7 RAID was out of warranty, but Abit customer service was nice enough to send me a replacement free. They had a couple of refurbished ones lying around, the guy said, so I'm not sure if this is still available. I think it has something to do with the hard drive controllers dying; never really figured out what was wrong with it (bought a new system before I even considered replacing it, so gave the motherboard away).
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