Abit KV8 Max 3

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ABIT KV8-MAX3 came later than most other offerings from other manufacturers. Although it came slightly later, it has equipped itself with very interesting functions that most boards do not. KV8 Max 3 is probably the first Athlon 64 board to implement the OTES (Outside Thermal Exhaust System) that first appeared on the ABIT Ti4200 graphics card and DiGiDice. Now it is on the KV8-MAX3. With the O.T.E.S, the MOSFETs and capacitors gets cooled down during extreme overclocking. Something that might interest you too is that ABIT KV8-MAX3 is the first Socket 754 board to include 6, you heard it right, 6 SATA ports supporting RAID, 4 is by SiliconImage Sil3114 and another 2 is supported by VIA 8237 south bridge. Seriously, I am not sure if you need 6 SATA ports.

Something that comes unique with ABIT KV8-MAX 3 is the Secure IDE. Secure IDE consists of a IDE connector to secure the data that is stored on the disk. SecureIDE connects to your IDE hard disk and has a special decoder; without a special key, your hard disk cannot be opened by anyone. Thus hackers and would be information thieves cannot access your hard disk, even if they remove it from your PC. On top of that, ABIT has integrated their new feature μGuru which basically supports an interactive way of managing your hardware monitoring, overclocking features. Other standard features on this board include USB 2.0, 1394, Gigabit Ethernet, 6 channel audio. Softmenu III includes an adjustable multiplier control.