Abit SG-80DC LGA775 Motherboard Review

For me, an ABIT Motherboard delivers exceptional value with their products. I have used ABIT motherboards for some of my servers for a number of years. When the cost for a "Name brand" server is prohibitive for the new or small business owner for the everyday use that the power of a dual processor motherboard delivers.

I currently have an ABIT dual processor as my main server, it is running two PIII 1Ghz processors. These are not XEON processors just the regular desktop processors. The ABIT dual processor motherboard has other features built in that you would have to pay extra for on other dual processor motherboards.

One of the features that I feel is exceptional is the built in RAID array controller. It has the High Point RAID array controller built into the motherboard, this controller as a stand alone card would cost more that the motherboard. It also was one of the first motherboards to incorporate the USB 2.0 standard, even my two year old lap top doesn't have that!

This Abit SG-80DC LGA775 motherboard is not a dual processor board but with a Core 2 Duo or Quad processor and  Hyper-Threading capability it would be considered as fast as a dual processor mother board, with the SATA drive raid, 2 GB memory capacity, and built in graphics I would consider this board for a replacement for my main server. As a small business owner I think that this motherboard would serve me just as well as a Xeon processor motherboard at half the price.

Motherboard specifications:

CPU: Socket 775 Support Intel Pentium D/ Pentium 4/ Celeron D processor; Compatible with Intel P4-05A processors; Supports Intel Hyper-Threading/ XD-bit/ EM64T Technology; FSB 800/533 MHz Chipset: SIS 661FX & 964

Memory: 2x 184pin DDR-400 DIMMs, non-ECC un-buffered, Max Capacity 2GB

Slots: 1x AGP 8X Slot; 3x PCI Slots

IDE/SATA: 2x ATA-133 channels; 2x SATA ports supports RAID 0, 1

Audio: Integrated 5.1 Channel HD Audio CODEC

Video: Integrated SIS Mirage Graphics GPU high performance 256-bit 3D engine and 2D Graphics Controller

LAN: Integrated 10/100 PHY Ethernet Controller

Ports:
8x USB 2.0 ports (4 rear, 4 by headers)
2x PS/2 ports
1x Serial port
1x Parallel port; 1 x Floppy port (Supports upto 2.88MB)
1x VGA port
1x RJ45 LAN port
Audio I/O jacks

Form Factor: Micro ATX, 24.4 x 24.4 cm

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Online support for manuals, bois upgrades,  and  device drivers. One year warranty for most ABIT products. All returns must go though the reseller where item was purchased.

Because ABIT does not do an exchange or repair of your mother board I would give their support a 7 out of 10.