Specifications

abit KV8-MAX3
Written by Chris Emry
Friday, 04 September 2009 10:39
One aspect ABIT is well known for in the enthusiast community is their capability to provide the
customer with comprehensive and detailed documentation for their motherboards, and you can
bet that the KV8-MAX3 follows in this tradition. ABIT tosses in a detailed user manual, a quick
installation guide, another guide for their µGuru feature, and a sticker to affix to the interior of
the computer case for quick references to the motherboard layout. The sticker will come in
handy if you often find yourself poking around your motherboard, or happen to lose manuals as
much as I seem to.
The bundled accessories include the usual software and driver discs, an expansion bracket
with two IEEE1394 ports and two USB ports attached, four SATA cables, three various Molex
splitters for power support of SATA devices, one round UDMA/133 cable, one round floppy
cable, and of course the appropriate I/O bracket. Unfortunately, the KV8-MAX3 does not come
with the heatsink mounting cage which is required to mount a cooling unit to the AMD Athlon64
processor properly, so make sure you have one in your cart before you race to the checkout
counter.
Abit also includes a package called Secure IDE with the KV8-MAX3. As the name of this device
implies, it will encrypt data on an UDMA hard drive for increased file protection. While this is a
nice addition to the bundle, we would rather see Abit include at least one of their Serillel
adapters instead so that we can use a UDMA hard drive and connect it to an integrated SATA
connector the KV8-MAX3 provides. Two of them would be even better so that we could use
them in a RAID array.
One feature that has not been shown in the images above is that all of these bundled
accessories are placed neatly in boxes within the KV8-MAX3's main shipping box. I really wish
all manufactures would start to do this as ABIT has. By doing this, the manufacturer can further
ensure that there is far less of a chance the accessories will acquire any minor damage, or even
worse... significant damage to the motherboard surface, or the various mounted components
the after it has traveled around the globe, finally arriving at your doorstep.
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