ABIT's new KV7 VIA KT600 motherboard

danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
edited September 2003 in Hardware
ABIT has a new Socket A board using the VIA KT600 chipset. It supports the new 400MHz FSB, supports single/dual channel DIMM's for up to 4.8GB/s, and has SATA150.

Considering the picture of it, ABIT has produced what appears to be a fairly well designed board with on edge PATA connectors and a small PCB size.

<a href="http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php?pMODEL_NAME=KV7&amp;fMTYPE=Socket A&quot; target="_blank"><img border=0 src="http://www.abit.com.tw/upload/products/kv7_large.jpg&quot; alt="click here to see specs"></a>

Comments

  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited July 2003
    The layout sucks and there is no PCI/AGP lock. I'd stick to NF2 boards.
  • 240amdfreak240amdfreak Finland
    edited July 2003
    There is still no PCI/AGP lock with the KT600 Chipsets? That is pretty disappointing :p. The overall layout of this motherboard looks excellent though.
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited July 2003
    It has 6:2:1 ratio but no lock so the ratio still useless for high FSB settings.

    What's excellent about that layout? the floppy connector all the way to the end? the ATX connector in the middle of the board? the flat IDE conectors at the base of the board? one capacitor at the edge of the socket? :nudge:
  • Bad_KarmaBad_Karma The Great White North
    edited July 2003
    The power connector for the psu is in a wierd place. Looks like the main line from the psu would cross the airflow path of the hsf on the cpu. It's a shame they didn't lock the the pci and agp buses. And your right the floppy connector is in an even wierder spot.:scratch:
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    im with bad karma on this one...the whole psu connector in the middle??? aww cmon...
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    EQuito said
    It has 6:2:1 ratio but no lock so the ratio still useless for high FSB settings.

    What's excellent about that layout? the floppy connector all the way to the end? the ATX connector in the middle of the board? the flat IDE conectors at the base of the board? one capacitor at the edge of the socket? :nudge:

    EQ said all my thoughts in one paragraph.

    The capacitor was my first thought, then the flat IDE. Like WTF?!
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited July 2003
    Well, that was why I said appears to be a fairly nice design. I didn't say it is a nice design because it does seem a little odd where some stuff is placed.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    1, The board looks incredibly small, just look at the Agp slot. Throw in a FX 5900 there and see. Unless you have the deepest atx case in the world, it wont fit. ESPECIALLY with the Antecs/Chieftecs (They are very narrow) and their harddrive cages.

    2, The Psu connector is rotated wrong and will interfere with the airflow over the cpu hs/fan. MSI did like this with their first 333 board and got slaughtered for it.

    3, No holes for waterblocks, a Maze 2 wouldnt fit anyway, the psu connector would be in the way.

    4, I have a hard time as it is on the NF7 1.2 to fiddle with the floppy connector, but this one wins the price. You probably need 10 feet of floppy cable if you want this to look good.

    5, Good luck cooling the southbridge if the pci slots are full. Aint gonna happen. ESPECIALLY if the agp/pci bus isnt in a locked state.

    I cannot believe Abit designed this at all. It stinks Epox/Fic procedure long way. Theres no point to release this board, just give it away to Dell.
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited July 2003
    Mackanz said
    3, No holes for waterblocks, a Maze 2 wouldnt fit anyway, the psu connector would be in the way.

    What about the four little holes on the top and bottom of the CPU socket?
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited July 2003
    danball1976 said
    Mackanz said
    3, No holes for waterblocks, a Maze 2 wouldnt fit anyway, the psu connector would be in the way.

    What about the four little holes on the top and bottom of the CPU socket?
    OMFG!!! finally Dan got one right!:celebrate
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited July 2003
    What was ABIT thinking?!?
  • NecropolisNecropolis Hawarden, Wales Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    danball1976 said
    Mackanz said
    3, No holes for waterblocks, a Maze 2 wouldnt fit anyway, the psu connector would be in the way.

    What about the four little holes on the top and bottom of the CPU socket?

    Where???? I just had a good look and I cant see any mounting holes. :confused:
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited July 2003
    hmmm...
  • NecropolisNecropolis Hawarden, Wales Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    God, I must be going blind. Still havn't woken up properly :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Haha!

    Im the one going blind. At least one + then.
    Ok, to REALLY check if im blind or not, am i the only one that thinks that this board looks small?
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited July 2003
    It is.

    The Previous KT400 chipset based KD7-Raid had 9 mounting points, the KV7 only has 6 holes.
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited July 2003
    Hmmm... If the KD7 is 9.5" wide and has the 9 mounting holes, then this must be a minimum of 7" wide, gives you somewhat of a reason to have a case that isn't nearly as deep if thats something you want.

    But I wonder why they haven't produced a Athlon 64/Opteron board yet.
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    i looked at the specs for this card, and they seem topnotch...but why the fuxored up setup
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    i looked at the specs for this card, and they seem topnotch...but why the fuxored up setup

    //edit
    i fuxored up :(
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited July 2003
    WuGgaRoO said
    i looked at the specs for this card, and they seem topnotch...but why the fuxored up setup

    Are you talking about the motherboard or something else?
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
    sorry...i meant mobo
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2003
    I realize this is somewhat belated, but a link popped up in another thread...

    Anyhow, yea, the board is very small for an ATX board. Any of you guys remember the old DFI P2XBL D2 or ASUS P2-99 or some other ATX Slot 1 440BX board? Some of those were about this size- they're very, very narrow.
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