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 ABIT IC7 MAX3
A Bit Less Legacy
   
(Review by MS, September 28, 2003)
At One Glance

ABIT IC7 MAX3
Intel i875 (Canterwood) chipset, on-board CSA Gigabit Ethernet, SiliconImaget 4-channel SATA RAID, ALC650 AC97, Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 Firewire (click for larger image)


CPU Interface
  • Socket 478 for Intel Pentium4 processors

Chipset

  • Intel i82875 MCH
  • Intel ICH5-R

PSB Options

  • 100-412 MHz in 1 MHz stepping
  • 3:2:1 => 8:2:1 CPU:AGP:PCI clock
  • Fixed AGP / PCI frequency at 66 / 33 MHz available
  • AGP frequency = 2 x PCI freq.

DRAM support

  • 4x 184 pin DDR memory expansion slots for single/ dual channel operation
  • 1GB density/ memory slot for 4 GB total system RAM (PC2100, PC2700 PC3200 DDR)
  • STR support

DRAM Timing options

  • Memory Frequency: DDR266, 333, 400 (320 when using 800 MHZ PSB CPU)
  • CAS Latency (2, 2.5, 3)
  • tRCD (2, 3, 4)
  • tRP (2, 3, 4)
  • tRAS (5, 6, 7, 8)
  • Burst Length:

Performance Options

  • Game Acceleration Technology: Auto, Turbo, Street Racer, F1
  • Read Delay: 2T - 11T
  • Read Delay Adjust: Enabled, Disabled

AGP Capablity

  • 2x-8x depending on graphics card interface.

Voltage Adjustments

  • Vcore: Auto, 1.55- 1.925V
  • vDDR 2.5-3.2V in BIOS
  • vAGP 1.5-1.65 V in BIOS

Expansion Slots
  • 1 x 32 bit AGP-Pro 8X
  • 5 x 32 bit PCI slots

I/O interface

  • 2 x ATA/100 IDE connectors (ICH5)
  • 2 x SATA 1.5Gb connectors (ICH5R) with RAID 0 support
  • 1 x Floppy connector
  • 1 x Internal IR connector
  • 2 x PS/2 connectors (keyboard and mouse)
  • 4 x USB 2.0 ports (back panel)
  • 2 x Internal USB 2.0 pin header (two ports each)
  • 3 x Analog Audio connectors: five separate analog I/O jacks (Mic-In, Line-In, Front L/R, Rear L/R, Center/Bass)
  • 1 x Optical-Out port (S/PDIF)
  • 1 x Optical-In port (SPDIF) header for S/PDIF module
  • 1 x Firewire port (Back Panel)
  • 2 x Firewire header (with Firewire module included)
  • 1 x SMBus header

LAN

  • Intel 82547EI CSA Gigabit controller (IC7-G only)
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps full duplex operations
  • LAN Boot ROM

Onboard Sound

  • Realtek ALC650 transceiver
  • 6-channel AC'97 audio CODEC
  • S/PDIF digital audio
  • 1 x 4-pin CD-ROM audio-in header
  • 1 x 4-pin AUX header

BIOS

  • Award V6.00PG

Form Factor

  • ATX
  • 305 x 245 mm

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