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Pros:
It is still working great!!
I had a video card issue where the computer kept freezing 1/2017. Reseated the EVGA GTS8800 320MB and problem solved. The Q6600 2.4 is stable and still works good. 8GB of Micron Ballistix memory. Samsung 512 GB 850 PRO SSD.
4 other Hard drives in RAID 2 mirror , 2 striped.. 1 Plextor DVD Burner. Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. Zalman 9700 fan. Seasonic. I think I did replace the power supply.
Cons: It is obsolete now. :-(
Pros: Great features, great performance with a range of CPUS
Cons: a little finicky about memory - but could just be 2.0V+, hangs in boot once in a while due to either manual timings and/or voltage recently
Other Thoughts: still kicking as of 1/17
Pros: Works great. It's still alive!
Cons: Not a lot of space between the graphics slot and the PCI slots
Other Thoughts: At long last, upgrading to z710a mobo today!
Pros:
Bought this board in 2008, been running it with the following:
QX6600 overclocked to 3.0GHz since day 1
Zalman CN7000-Cu cooler with Arctic Frost thermal compound
4GB Corsair DDR2 RAM
EVGA GeForce GTX550Ti (started with GeForce 8800GT)
Kingston 256GB SSD as primary OS HDD (made a huge difference)
Plextor IDE CD burner
Pioneer Blu-Ray SATA burner
Thermaltake Pure Power 500 watt PSU (started with Ultra 500 watt PSU - I got what I paid for)
Running Win7 Ultimate, but runs Win10 Pro just fine. This board has not failed me yet.
Windows Experience index with above setup (range 1.0-7.9)
Processor: 7.2
Memory: 7.2
Graphics: 7.4
Gaming graphics: 7.4
Primary HDD: 7.6
My Dell i5 notebook with platter HDD can't come close to these numbers!
Cons:
Having unknown device in Device Manager irritates me (ACPI/ABT2005 unknown device is apparently old ABIT uGuru chip)
ABIT as a company is defunct -- too bad, this is a great board; their old 440BX chipset BE-6 board was excellent too. Company closed doors in 2009 - no more drivers after WinXP.
Other Thoughts: I'll keep using this until it dies. Best motherboard I've owned to date of the probably 10 computers I've built.
Pros:
This Board Has Been Great. Currently has a Geforce GTX 560 TI.
Have Two WD Velociraptors In Raid 0.
Windows 10 Working On It With No Problems.
Cons: No Sli Support.
Other Thoughts: Currently Have This Board In a Modded XPS 720 Case as part of my Retro Windows XP Build.
Pros: Purchased and set up in 2007 used frequently still going strong Great Product
Cons: Quality product
Pros:
This thing has been rock solid for over 6 years.
Original Q6600 oc'd to 3.4ghz w/ Tuniq Tower - has been oc'd at this speed the entire time.
8 GB's of Ram OC'd (upgraded over the years)
GTX 560 OC'd (upgraded over the years)
2 HD's running in RAID 0
3 HD's running in RAID 5
2 external drives running on the eSata ports
Motherboard timer statistics
PC Up Time Total - 55979 hours (6.39 years)
AC Power On Total Time - 57425 hours (6.55 years)
Screenshot to prove it ;>)
Cons: ABIT is no more
Other Thoughts: I'll probably die before this thing does.
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Pros: Good performance, plenty of expansion slots, no major compatibility issues.
Cons: The onboard RAID controller, when set to RAID mode, accesses disks in SATA I mode.
Using eSATA external connections can lead to system instability and strange symptoms. I believe that is a function of the specification itself rather than how Abit has implemented it.
Other Thoughts: I built a machine around this board in September 2007 and have run it almost continuously since then - More than seven years as of this writing. I've had to replace the power supply twice (obviously not Abit's fault.)
UPDATE 2/19/2018 - I found this motherboard in a box of parts on the floor in my party room. I realized that I was one case and one power supply short of a complete computer. I acquired the needed parts and assembled a working machine. In short, the Abit board is still going strong after 11 years. In my experience as an IT professional, it's unusual to have even server-grade hardware last that long. I'm very impressed with this board and have no regrets about buying it. It served me very well.