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Abit AW8-MAX Motherboard Review :: The Bundle
Hardware wise the ABIT AW8-Max motherboard comes with everything you need to get you started. Six SATA cables provide enough support for all drives the motherboard sport. An IDE cable and a floppy drive cable are also included. ABIT includes two power cables to provide 4 drives power. ABIT is marketing the board towards the Digital Video Editing professionals. To that end, ABIT includes 2 IEEE-1394 ports on the USB bracket, bringing the total to 3 and the total USB ports on the board to 6.  SATA Cables  IDE/Floppy Cable  SATA Power Cables  Audio Cable  SATA Driver  Firewire/USB  Firewire/USB  Back Plate ABIT chose not to include any software like antivirus or hard drive partitioning software like many motherboards include. ABIT does include their uGuru utility which is a step above other motherboard utilities, but I kind of miss some bonus software. One thing ABIT includes that is a definite plus is the SATA RAID drivers on floppy disks to allow easy setup of RAID arrays on the board from a fresh install of Windows.  Driver CDs  Audio Settings  Audio Settings  Audio Settings  Audio Settings AUDIOMAX is an add-in card specific to ASUS motherboards. Due to the presence of the Silent-OTES cooling system, the board doesn't have room for the normal audio jacks on the input/output area of the AW8-Max board. The AUDIOMAX board sports a REALTEK ALC882M CODEC. This CODEC supports Intel's High Definition Audio standard, and the standard APIs: DirectSound, EAX1.0 and 2.0 and Aureal3D. The jacks present on the board include an S/PDIF Out, an S/PDIF In, and a Line In, a Mic In, a Line Out, a Center/Subwoofer, a Rear Surround and the Surround jacks for 7.1 audio. Contents:Discuss This Article
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