Abit MAX series of Motherboards

[Althornin]

http://www.abit.com.tw/abitweb/webjsp/english/news/en_0203131/en_0203131.htm
Looks really freaking awesome...
No Legacy (Ps2, serial)...finally
USB 2.0
IEEE 1394a
onboard 4 channel IDE raid controller (with built in 2 channel, gives 6 IDE channels total)
MediaXP - front ported USB, Memory Stick reader, Flash card reader, etc.
4GB memory support (Athlon)
onboard 6 channel sound

They sound SWEET!
There will be a p4 mobo and a Athlon mobo under this family of motherboards. I'd buy one!

 

[pascal]

It looks very good.
I had an Abit BH6 and it was a great mobo.

 

[Joe DeFuria]

There's only one additional thing I would have liked to see:

Serial ATA!

But at this time, that's probably just a bit too forward looking.

 

[Althornin]

what, you prolly want 3GIO also, joe

 

[Joe DeFuria]

Damn...didn't think of that!

Seriously, it's about time someone had the balls to make a board without all those legacy busses!

 

[Rob M]

USB Keyb

Very cool, a little MATX number in this line in a custom case would be nice.

Has anyone had any luck getting a nice USB keyboard? I have a D-Link USB hub with a PS/2 adaptor in it but when you hold down a key it dosen't repeat. I know there are some out there, but I don't really like keyboards that have twelve million custom keys, I can remember hotkey combos just fine.

 

[pascal]

Abit AT7 MAX review: http://www.viahardware.com/at7max_1.shtm

 

[Shogmaster]

Hmmm

I'm not sure if I like PS2 ports going away.

I've always found some instance of the USB related mouse delay/hickups really annoying. I have my USB Optical mices though the PS2 adapters, which solved the problem.

That also freed up a USB port for my other USB devices (saving me $$$ on a USB hub).

PS2 ports...... I'll miss ya. *sniff

 

[Althornin]

Re: Hmmm

That also freed up a USB port for my other USB devices (saving me $$$ on a USB hub).

Well, with the number of USB ports the mobo has, thats not really a problem anymore

 

[Gunhead]

As long as the '90s IBM keyboards remain the best ever made, I hope PS/2 is going nowhere. 1994 here