ABIT IC7-MAX3 Socket 478 Intel 875P ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: This board, it was absolutely the best board I've ever known. I built this in 2002 when we heard we were going to have our first child. I built it figuring I would now be a home body with my child. It's 2014 and I just powered it down tonight and disassembled it. I almost shed a tear for what I was doing, but it's time. It has served me and my family so much longer then I ever figured it would. I used it for 6 years then I gave it to my first born son, who was the reason I built it in the first place.

Cons: Computers that get outdated and become useless. Abit went away and what was once the leader of enthusiast motherboards doesn't exist.

Overall Review: I'm going to mount the motherboard in a frame and hang it up! It deserves as much for how well it did my family for 12 years. Thank you!

Pros: have had a 2.4 chip running at 3.4 on this computer for 6 years. 2 years ago, I upgraded the 2.4 to a 3.4E and have it running at 4.0. Still ticking. This is the most stable motherboard I have ever used in all my life.

Cons: it's out of date...

Overall Review: I realize there is no use for this review since these are no longer for sale, but I thought I'd just write this so that someone that lands on this page can see what some of the old Abit motherboards were capable of. This was the Prime age of Abit. And the best motherboard they ever made.

Pros: Abit motherboards rocked. Wish they were still around. I always had great success with the abit brand!

Cons: None

Comments: Hey Guys I have a Abit.max.3 and intel 2.80.800. The mobo run good a 2.80 but if you like to oc the 2.80. is not good. i can run my 2.80 at 3.30. this sucks I have see guys runing a 2.40 at 3.40. ... I'm going to send this mobo back to new egg.

Comments: This is a great motherboard, maybe the best available, which is why they keep running out. One reviewer complained about there being only one IDE connector, but there are definitely two, + 6 SATA connectors. Another said there were not PS2 connectors, but there are. I have some small complaints. I know this is a state of the art board, but they left off a parallel printer port and serial com port, which would have been nice for legacy purposes. Keep this in mind if you will be using an older printer or external modem. The OTES plastic housing was in the way when I had to remove/reinstall my stock HSF, but it wasn’t until later I realized how easy this was to remove. Remember there is no way to put 2 MoBo spacers in area under the OATS housing without replacing the original screws holding down the housing. As always, Newegg was great to do business with. Great <font>s</font>election with great prices.

Comments: Upgraded from Gigabyte 8IK1100. Wow what a difference. Dual channel stability issues gone! This is an easy to setup and fast board. The 3.4GHZ chip helps a little also.

Comments: first time building a computer and it was very easy the board itself looks great no fitment issues with zalman cpu cooler - CNPS7000A-Cu - or zalman vga cooler - ZM80D-HP - and the NB hsf integrated lan port works great i dont use the audio because i have a audigy of the 7 fans i have going otes is the loudest, although it is not unbearable other than that everything works great antec superlanboy antec true 430 p4 3.0 northwood abit ic7 max3 ati radeon 98 pro kingston hyperx 512mb pc4k x 2 audigy2 zs platinum pro toshiba dvdrom lite-on dvdrw 811 nec fdd zalman fan controller maxtor diamondmax 8 40gb seagate barracuda 200gb zalman pure copper cpu cooler zalman ZM80D-HP gpu cooler

Comments: AWSOME AWSOME board, i got one before it went out of stock, and now i see why it did. this board is VERY well put together and really supprised me. The OTES cooling system built in is really a site to see, and i like the optical/6.1 built in. The only thing i think it could use is two IDE connectors instead of just one, but i guess with TWO BUILT IN SATA RAID systems you really dont need it. when it comes to the integrated gigabit ethernet, it is amazing and works to its full potential with my new gigabit switch, and the only reason im getting 30 sec, transfers for 700mb files is because of the hard drive latency! and thats why im now on my way to get two SATA RAPTOR drives in raid 0 to cut that down and one last thing, this board works perfictly with CORSAIR XMS RAM!!!!! i HIGHLY recomend this board!