ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Booted right up with no issues at all. LCD on MB very helpful in troubleshooting issues if after tweaking BIOS it doesn't POST. CMOS reset switch on the back input panel very useful as well. Handles my overclock with ease. Comes with all the cables you need so don't worry if you buy OEM drives without cables. Came with the latest BIOS version (14) and abit's uguru software on the CD is actually a newer version than on the website (this is a first for me). Plenty of auxiliary fan plugs on the MB - I don't use even half of them.

Cons: The firewire plugs are situated in a place (see pictures) where a large 2 slot video card like the 8800GTX will block 1 or both plugs. I just barely got the firewire plug for the front panel of the P180B into the motherboard. There's no way I can use the 2nd plug. But then I don't own any firewire drives so it's not that big a deal. Just a FYI for everyone else. LAN cards use PCI bus instead of PCI-Express so if you have extreme network demands, you may want to look into how this might affect performance. For overclockers, be careful of vdroop. It seems to be a bit higher than I'd like but thankfully the Q6600 is such an awesome processor. More on vdroop and my settings below.

Overall Review: I'm running: Q6600 OCed to 3.2 GHz (8x400), Crucial Ballistix 2x1GB DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 (BL2KIT12864AA804), EVGA 8800GTX, 2 SATA HD's (WD3200AAKS) and a SATA dvd burner (Samsung SH-S203B). I set vcore to 1.325 and it vdroops down to 1.3 while idling and at load it goes down to around 1.25-1.28, but stays completely stable. I've seen it at 1.24 before too. Note 1.275 is the stock voltage and my Q6600 is OCed 33%! But that's a virtue of the CPU. I've found Newegg's user review system is very consistent in pointing out reliable products. After doing my own research, I decided to go with Abit for my P35 board because of neglible differences between Abit and the other brands. Why? This board consistently gets 5 eggs compared to the others with 4. Another thing - if you're getting blue screens it's very likely something's not getting enough voltage or your BIOS settings are messed up. Try resetting CMOS and make incremental changes to determine where the problem is.

Pros: Ok, lets get started here. First off, there have been some rumors about memory incompatibility here. 99% of the time, when you purchase PC28500, your gonna get EPP based settings. Which means absolutely jack when you can configure the timings yourself. I'll get into details later. The board is stable. It overclocks extremely well. You'll be rolling with a 500 FSB easy. And yes, this board can hit 500. No questions asked. People have gotten it above 600 with hardware modifications.

Cons: Lets see here. Parallel mounted IDE. Parallel mounted SATA. Firewire is behind a 2-slot VGA card. Cooling on the NB and MOSFET's suck. Period. Stick some Swiftech on there if you really want to push the limits. Get rid of the plastic push pins too. Copper colored paint doesn't cool aluminum better.

Overall Review: Microguru allows for some awesome overclocking features. You'll have a full array of options to choose from . Even for people just looking for a decent board to run a simple system, toss in some PC2-6400 and drop the FSB:DRAM to 1:1 and clock the bus to 400. It will run off air easy, and you don't even need to push the voltage that much. Drop your multiplier down, or if you have some nice cooling, up your voltage and you'll be in the high 3000's.

Pros: Best new motherboard out there. Definitely the best P35. Experienced builders will flip at how easily it all falls together. Overclockers will love it because you can swap hardware in no time and the BIOS takes only seconds to get you back in. A thorough reading of the manual and a couple of visits to ABIT's Forum will allow a first-time builder guaranteed success.

Cons: There's really not any. The boot screen needs to just splash the big "abit" letters on a solid background. Would look a whole lot more like it meant business.

Overall Review: I still use BIOS 10 on both the PRO rigs I've put together. No issues. Period. Goes to show that ABIT had it right the first time (as far as I'm concerned) from the get-go. Great board.

Pros: Easy to install and get running, everything just plugged in and worked

Cons: I had trouble making the board recognize my USB keyboard and it also took a while for it to load the installation window of vista, but once you waited it out it all worked flawlessly. (SLI?, NO)

Overall Review: Great board for a great price would highly recommend it to anyone who is building a system for the first time. It is an easy board to work with and has lots of features (not SLI though) Put on a Q6600, 4 gigs of DDR2, 8800 GTS KO EVGA 512 MB

Pros: I would like to save some of you some trouble by mentioning some facts relating to the SATA ports. This actually applies not only to the ABIT MB, but to many others as well. (1) If you set the SATA up in the BIOS to be RAID, that automatically causes them to run in AHCI mode. In RAID mode you can opt to have any or all of the SATA ports running with no actual RAID mode, but just AHCI. (2) You can also select AHCI mode, in which case you do not have any RAID available, just AHCI. (3) IDE mode is probably what most people really need. Note that some CDs and DVDs will not boot up in anything other than IDE mode. RAID and AHCI normally require the infamous F6 and floppy disk with drivers for installation. That said, my Vista boot DVD loaded RAID/AHCI without the need for a floppy. GOTCHA: If you have an SATA CD/DVD drive under anything other than IDE mode, SOME types of bootable CD/DVDs will not boot. I had this problem with my Acronis Restore CD. In IDE mode it worked fine,

Cons: (continued) but it would not boot in any other mode. Use RAID only if you really need RAID. For best results with least hassle, use IDE mode. 2nd GOTCHA: The JMicron controller that controls the 2 ESATA ports and the IDE bus sometimes does not let my IDE CD/DVD drive load certain boot disks, such as my Acronis Restore CD. Everything works fine inside Windows. It is only certain bootloaders that create problems. This appears to be a problem many people have experienced with the JMicron controller. By the way, Acronis gave me a free update to a version of their product that used a different bootloader, and that version worked in RAID, AHCI, and IDE modes.

Overall Review: As many others have noted, the 6 SATA connectors are right-angle types. I strongly suggest that you install all 6 cables BEFORE inserting the MB into the case. Most cases will have the connectors coming just under the drive cage, and it is almost impossible to plug in a cable once the MB is mounted. Some cases give you a little more room here than others. For example, the CoolerMaster Centurion CAC T05 gives you about 1 more inch of wiggle room, which allows you to install SATA cables when the drives are removed from the cage. I installed an ABIT IP35 in an Antec Atlas 550 case, and the HD cage is about 1 inch longer than in the CoolerMaster case. That required me to install the connectors before attaching the MB to the base.

Pros: Nice layout, plenty of features, quality components, lots of bios tweaks. Overall, 4 eggs.

Cons: Was not impressed with stock cooling solution. The only copper is at the chipset base, everything else is painted aluminum. Removal revealed poor contact with moffsets due to heatsink being slightly bent, raising one side of heatsink. Also, heatpipe makes contact with a board component between chipset and moffsets.

Overall Review: I love Abit and hope they make a solid comeback. Need to focus on cooling solution quality. Poorly milled aluminum painted to look like copper is not what I expected.

Pros: Excellent Board..Dropped it in, worked as soon as I hit the power button..Instructions were clear, Some nice accessories..Uguru is nice, but couldn't get the new version to run in vista 64. Zalman 9500 will fit on it no probs. The bios reset switch is very nice, and the 7.1 audio is pretty decent..Laid out very nicely..Don't pass this up beginners..This one is very easy to set up, but advanced enough for us tweakers to have some fun..

Cons: Vdroop on this board is pretty bad with quads..With a q6600 at 3.6 the bios reads 1.4975 and the actual is 1.4 under load. Overclocking can get frustrating with the Vdroop, but once you get used to the drop it gets alot easier, and if your running Uguru, even easier yet since it's connected to the bios.

Overall Review: Runnin this board with GSkill pc6400 Ram at 1.9 volts at 4-4-4-12..I did not have to change any other voltages on this board, and it detected everything promptly and correctly..Never a probem with this one, and great for a beginner..

Pros: Everything about the baord is great. OC everything very well. Fanless cooling is great. The layout seems solid. I know some people had some problems with it but its not all that bad. 2 PCI-E outlets is a plus.

Cons: Newegg. They had a rebate and still do but they dont show it. Here if you want to save $40 heres the link to the printable page. This rebate is valid until August 16. http://images10.newegg.com/uploadfilesfornewegg/rebate/SH/Abit13-127-030Aug04Aug1607kl09.pdf