Hello Simon,

Monday, July 23, 2001, 6:35:06 AM, you wrote:

SA> Hi I recommend the Abit KT7A-RAID (Socket A - AMD Thunderbird/Duron)

SA> With 3 DIMM, 1 AGP, 1 ISA, and 6 PCI, the KT7A-RAID now also adds
SA> support for 200MHz and 266MHz FSB. The KT7A-RAID has everything you
SA> could want in a top-of-the-line mainboard. If that isn't enough, add in
SA> Ultra DMA 100 and RAID support and ABIT's SoftMenuTM III.

I second that - I've an KT7A (no RAID) and an Duron-800 for 2 months
now, not a hardware glitch yet. Rock-stable for overclockers,
active-cooled chipset, and the slot configuration (1/6/1) is the best
at the moment - no AMR, SMR and little-used junk of the kind.

4 USB ports, one pair onboard and other two are on a bracket,
included. You can save some $ if you don't need RAID - what is not
obvious is that onboard IDE is UDMA-66, and only RAID chip gives you
UDMA-100. It is of such request here that the importer actually ran
out of stock :)

The price diff. between RAID and non-RAID is about $60 here... and
make sure that you buy a KT7A(/raid), not a KT7 - the KT7 does not
have official 133 MHz FSB support. And they look the same, so check
the label with the bar-code on the box *AND* the markings on the board
itself.

Yours,

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