What happened to ABIT?

INSTG8R · Aug 11, 2017

Still got my AT-8 32X and IP-35 Pro in the closet. Miss Abit a lot.

Artas1984 · Aug 11, 2017

Every time i would watch those Abit, Foxconn or DFI X38/X48 boards my saliva would drop down. I wanted them so badly back in the day!

Do you remember Abit sponsoring Fatal1ty's gaming rigs for multiplayer championships back in the old days? Who remembers that? Before Asrock overtook that mission.

jlewis02 · Aug 11, 2017

Still have an abit nf7-s v2 with bh-5 memory and a 2500+ the first one I had was volt modded and had heatsinks everywhere.

Hood · Aug 12, 2017

sneekypeet said:
Cleaned and edited the thread of the back and forth about who is right and wrong. Simply put, ABIT couldn't continue making mainstream motherboards! Who cares why, DFI was the better board anyways (OPINION)

Please keep it civil from here on out! Fair warning to everyone!

Very nice, the heat sinks are functional and ugly, unlike more recent boards, which prize looks at the expense of effectiveness. Maybe we'll see some X299 or X399 boards with decent, functional coolers on the VRM and chipset, now that it's a "thing" (click bait, mostly).

R-T-B · Aug 12, 2017

Hood said:
Maybe we'll see some X299 or X399 boards with decent, functional coolers on the VRM and chipset, now that it's a "thing" (click bait, mostly).

What's clickbait? The heatsinks being offered, or the core issue?

Honestly, I don't see either as click bait. Both new HEDT platforms need heatsinks and initially (Intel at least), was getting pathetic ones.

Hood · Aug 12, 2017

R-T-B said:
What's clickbait? The heatsinks being offered, or the core issue?

Honestly, I don't see either as click bait. Both new HEDT platforms need heatsinks and initially (Intel at least), was getting pathetic ones.

I meant the original der8auer video titled "The X299 VRM Disaster", which was hardly a disaster, more like "click bait", since he was doing extreme overclocking on a mid-level new untested board with no air flow. Any self-respecting PC enthusiast from either camp was almost guaranteed to click on such a title, either to gloat, or to call BS, which is why they call it "click bait". Wasn't he mad at Intel anyway because they quit sending him free parts, or something?

R-T-B · Aug 12, 2017

Hood said:
I meant the original der8auer video titled "The X299 VRM Disaster", which was hardly a disaster, more like "click bait", since he was doing extreme overclocking on a mid-level new untested board with no air flow. Any self-respecting PC enthusiast from either camp was almost guaranteed to click on such a title, either to gloat, or to call BS, which is why they call it "click bait". Wasn't he mad at Intel anyway because they quit sending him free parts, or something?

No idea, but after watching the video, I found his claims pretty legitimate beyond just extreme OCs. Those heatsinks were suckage on wheels (especially the GIGABYTE ones, he was right to call them more "thermal insulators").

Probably why I posted the news here, heh.

Hood · Aug 12, 2017

R-T-B said:
No idea, but after watching the video, I found his claims pretty legitimate beyond just extreme OCs. Those heatsinks were suckage on wheels (especially the GIGABYTE ones, he was right to call them more "thermal insulators").

Probably why I posted the news here, heh.

It's always been a problem when overclocking on a budget. On low and mid-range boards it's possible to OC with the right chipset, but any experienced overclocker, much less a so-called "professional", should know that the cheaper boards should be avoided. At least a top channel board should be used, if not a more expensive niche board like ROG Extreme or OC Formula. They used to call this a "publicity stunt", with derision, now people pat the guy on the back and quote him like he found some amazing new "fact".

R-T-B · Aug 12, 2017

Hood said:
It's always been a problem when overclocking on a budget. On low and mid-range boards it's possible to OC with the right chipset, but any experienced overclocker, much less a so-called "professional", should know that the cheaper boards should be avoided. At least a top channel board should be used, if not a more expensive niche board like ROG Extreme or OC Formula. They used to call this a "publicity stunt", with derision, now people pat the guy on the back and quote him like he found some amazing new "fact".

I don't believe better launch options were available?

Either way, way off topic now. I understand where your coming from. Not really for this thread though. I know, I started it.

Athlonite · Aug 12, 2017

m0nt3 said:
They had financial trouble, got bought out by another company and were shutdown. I always loved my Abit boards, still happily own my Abit NF7-S.

YUS my fav mobo ever really great dual channel memory support and dual SATA was a great mobo lasted me an age before I finally went socket754

Neked NF7s

uuuaaaaaa · Aug 12, 2017

Artas1984 said:
Every time i would watch those Abit, Foxconn or DFI X38/X48 boards my saliva would drop down. I wanted them so badly back in the day!

Do you remember Abit sponsoring Fatal1ty's gaming rigs for multiplayer championships back in the old days? Who remembers that? Before Asrock overtook that mission.

One particular board comes to mind, the ABIT AN8 Fatal1ty SLI! Damn, those days!

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Aug 12, 2017

All this talk of DFI made me feel in the mood to share.........

this is the one i am using today

And this is the one my son is using

Both have W3520 running at 3.9 ghz ( 4C/8Th)

Long live socket 1366............... :peace:

.................and may DFI live long ( in my house anyway)

@jboydgolfer

just for you...( i can take a better one if you like)

INSTG8R · Aug 12, 2017

Artas1984 · Aug 12, 2017

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
All this talk of DFI made me feel in the mood to share.........

this is the one i am using today

And this is the one my son is using

Both have W3520 running at 3.9 ghz ( 4C/8Th)

Long live socket 1366................................and may DFI live long ( in my house anyway)

@jboydgolfer

just for you...( i can take a better one if you like)

NOOOOO!!!! IT HURTS ME THAT SOMEONE HAS THIS SETUP!!! I AM SO PISSED OF THAT I HAD TO BUY AN ORDINARY Z97 motherboard for my Core i7 5775C!

I wanted to have this particular DFI X58 board SO FUKIN BAD! SO BAD!!! It could have lasted me for so long. With an overclocked Nehalem Core i7 to 4.5 GHz i would have still used it with my GF GTX1080!!! NOOOO!!! It's 2017 now and it's too late now!!! This is biggest regret in PC world i ever had by not having this DFI board! DFI is still my favorite MB manufacturer of all times!

Bones · Aug 12, 2017

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
All this talk of DFI made me feel in the mood to share.........

this is the one i am using today

And this is the one my son is using

Both have W3520 running at 3.9 ghz ( 4C/8Th)

Long live socket 1366................................and may DFI live long ( in my house anyway)

@jboydgolfer

just for you...( i can take a better one if you like)

Gee...... Now I'm in a sharing mood so here goes.

A good portion of the DFI's I have but clearly not all of them.

One of the NF2 Infinity boards I scored and repaired last year - Grabbed them for a song and were like new except for the bulging caps caused by being stored somewhere.

You've seen this one before..... NF2 LanParty Ultra B.

INSTG8R · Aug 12, 2017

AT8-32X The box is in my storage. And can we stop with the DFI love in here, this is about Abit...

Bones · Aug 13, 2017

INSTG8R said:
AT8-32X The box is in my storage. And can we stop with the DFI love in here, this is about Abit...

Now you gonna make me breakout the Abit collection I have.... I own a few of those too. :laugh:

R-T-B · Aug 13, 2017

INSTG8R said:
AT8-32X The box is in my storage. And can we stop with the DFI love in here, this is about Abit...

Last ABIT Board I owned, that there. 'Twas a pretty good board.

Solaris17 · Aug 13, 2017

R-T-B said:
No idea, but after watching the video, I found his claims pretty legitimate beyond just extreme OCs. Those heatsinks were suckage on wheels (especially the GIGABYTE ones, he was right to call them more "thermal insulators").

Probably why I posted the news here, heh.

Probably has alot to do with Voltage and current load.

I respect him but I think the VRM problems had alot to do with HIS VRM needs.

https://valid.x86.fr/e5fd9c

My VRMs run fine.

rockit00 · Aug 13, 2017

Used to have an Abit IX38-Quad GT and the DFI LanParty UT X48 T2R back in the day. Ran them side by side in Cooler Master Wave Master cases. They seemed indestructable. Great Overclockers. Started with E8400's then E8500's to E8600's. Managed to snag one of the first E8700's. I ended up with a pair of Xeon X3380's doing 4GHz in each board. Kept them until the Devils Canyons came out. Those were the good old days.

Keullo-e · Aug 13, 2017

Abit was my favourite manufacturer back in the day. Loved KT7A and NF7-S the most, damn Athlon/Athlon XP's clocked like mad on those! :toast:

uuuaaaaaa · Aug 13, 2017

uuuaaaaaa said:
Here it is guys my old school P4 retro build: "Purple Haze"
I had to mod a couple of things in the case, as well as work some magic on some ramsinks and the cpu cooler!

Motherboard: Abit IC7-MAX3
CPU: P4 3.4EE Gallatin (SL7CH)
GPU: PowerColor X850XT PE AGP (or Sapphire HD3850)
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC4000 (2x1024)
PSU: Corsair HX620W
Soundcard: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro + Front panel
HDD: WD Caviar 160
CPU cooler: Modded Scythe Andy Samurai Master
GPU cooler: Modded Ati Silencer 5 rev. 2
Chipset cooler: Thermaltake Extreme Spirit II

Edit: You cant see the cable mess with the side panel fitted in place xD

My Abit IC7-MAX3 build, already posted it on another thread:

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/tpus-nostalgic-hardware-club.108251/page-148

System Name	Hellbox 5.1(same case new guts)
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	MSI X570S MAG Torpedo Max
Cooling	TT Kandalf L.C.S.(Water/Air)EK Velocity CPU Block/Noctua EK Quantum DDC Pump/Res
Memory	2x16GB Gskill Trident Neo Z 3600 CL16
Video Card(s)	Powercolor Hellhound 7900XTX
Storage	970 Evo Plus 500GB 2xSamsung 850 Evo 500GB RAID 0 1TB WD Blue Corsair MP600 Core 2TB
Display(s)	Alienware QD-OLED 34” 3440x1440 144hz 10Bit VESA HDR 400
Case	TT Kandalf L.C.S.
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster ZX/Logitech Z906 5.1
Power Supply	Seasonic TX~’850 Platinum
Mouse	G502 Hero
Keyboard	G19s
VR HMD	Oculus Quest 2
Software	Win 10 Pro x64

System Name	Lenovo 17IMH05H
Processor	Core i7 10750H
Video Card(s)	GTX 1660 Ti
Audio Device(s)	SSL2
Software	Windows 10 Pro 22H2
Benchmark Scores	i've got a shitload of them in 15 years of TPU membership

Processor	i9 10850k
Motherboard	Asus strix Z-490-e
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360
Memory	G.SKILL Trident Z 4000mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus STRIX RTX 3080
Storage	1tb Samsung 970 EVO,1tb hdd,750gb hdd
Display(s)	Asus 27" 144htz 1440
Case	Lian Li lancool 2 mesh
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Seasonic GX-850
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero
Keyboard	Logitech Pro

System Name	DEVIL'S ABYSS
Processor	i7-4790K@4.6 GHz
Motherboard	Asus Z97-Deluxe
Cooling	Corsair H110 (2 x 140mm)(3 x 140mm case fans)
Memory	16GB Adata XPG V2 2400MHz
Video Card(s)	EVGA 780 Ti Classified
Storage	Intel 750 Series 400GB (AIC), Plextor M6e 256GB (M.2), 13 TB storage
Display(s)	Crossover 27QW (27"@ 2560x1440)
Case	Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC1150
Power Supply	Cooler Master V1000
Mouse	Ttsports Talon Blu
Keyboard	Logitech G510
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64 version 1803
Benchmark Scores	Passmark CPU score = 13080

System Name	Pioneer
Processor	Ryzen R9 7950X
Motherboard	GIGABYTE Aorus Elite X670 AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon and Corsair Maglev blower fans...
Memory	64GB (4x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310
Storage	2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs
Display(s)	55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display
Case	Thermaltake Core X31
Audio Device(s)	TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless
Keyboard	WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps
Software	Gentoo Linux x64

What happened to ABIT?

INSTG8R

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Artas1984

jlewis02

Hood

R-T-B

Hood

R-T-B

Hood

R-T-B

Athlonite

uuuaaaaaa

CAPSLOCKSTUCK

Spaced Out Lunar Tick

INSTG8R

Vanguard Beta Tester

Artas1984

Bones

INSTG8R

Vanguard Beta Tester

Bones

R-T-B

Solaris17

Super Dainty Moderator

rockit00

Keullo-e

S.T.A.R.S.

uuuaaaaaa

System Name	Cumquat 2021
Processor	AMD RyZen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Strix X670E - E Gaming WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool LT720 + CM MasterGel Pro TP + Lian Li Uni Fan V2
Memory	32GB GSkill Trident Z5 Neo 6000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ OC RX6800 16GB DDR6 2270Cclk / 2010Mclk
Storage	1x Adata SX8200PRO NVMe 1TB gen3 x4 1X Samsung 980 Pro NVMe Gen 4 x4 1TB, 12TB of HDD Storage
Display(s)	AOC 24G2 IPS 144Hz FreeSync Premium 1920x1080p
Case	Lian Li O11D XL ROG edition
Audio Device(s)	RX6800 via HDMI + Pioneer VSX-531 amp Technics 100W 5.1 Speaker set
Power Supply	EVGA 1000W G5 Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core Wired
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless
Software	Windows 11 X64 PRO (build 23H2)
Benchmark Scores	it sucks even more less now ;)

System Name	No name / Purple Haze
Processor	Phenom II 1100T @ 3.8Ghz / Pentium 4 3.4 EE Gallatin @ 3.825Ghz
Motherboard	MSI 970 Gaming/ Abit IC7-MAX3
Cooling	CM Hyper 212X / Scythe Andy Samurai Master (CPU) - Modded Ati Silencer 5 rev. 2 (GPU)
Memory	8GB GEIL GB38GB2133C10ADC + 8GB G.Skill F3-14900CL9-4GBXL / 2x1GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC4000
Video Card(s)	Asus R9 Fury X Strix (4096 SP's/1050 Mhz)/ PowerColor X850XT PE @ (600/1230) AGP + (HD3850 AGP)
Storage	Samsung 250 GB / WD Caviar 160GB
Display(s)	Benq XL2411T
Audio Device(s)	motherboard / Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro + Front panel
Power Supply	Tagan BZ 900W / Corsair HX620w
Mouse	Zowie AM
Keyboard	Qpad MK-50
Software	Windows 7 Pro 64Bit / Windows XP
Benchmark Scores	64CU Fury: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/11269229 / X850XT PE http://www.3dmark.com/3dm05/5532432

System Name	Party On
Processor	Xeon w 3520
Motherboard	DFI Lanparty
Cooling	Big tower thing
Memory	6 gb Ballistix Tracer
Video Card(s)	HD 7970
Case	a plank of wood
Audio Device(s)	seperate amp and 6 big speakers
Power Supply	Corsair
Mouse	cheap
Keyboard	under going restoration

Processor	Ryzen 2700X
Motherboard	X470 Tachi Ultimate
Cooling	Scythe Big Shuriken 3
Memory	C.R.S.
Video Card(s)	Radeon VII
Software	Win 7
Benchmark Scores	Never high enough

System Name	Rocinante
Processor	I9 14900KS
Motherboard	EVGA z690 Dark KINGPIN (modded BIOS)
Cooling	EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB
Memory	64GB Gskill Trident Z5 DDR5 6000 @6400
Video Card(s)	MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090
Storage	1x 500GB 980 Pro \| 1x 1TB 980 Pro \| 1x 8TB Corsair MP400
Display(s)	Odyssey OLED G9 G95SC
Case	Lian Li o11 Evo Dynamic White
Audio Device(s)	Moondrop S8's on Schiit Hel 2e
Power Supply	Bequiet! Power Pro 12 1500w
Mouse	Lamzu Atlantis mini (White)
Keyboard	Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Akko Crystal Blues
VR HMD	Quest 3
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	I dont have time for that.

System Name	4K-gaming
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X up to 5.05GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M Aorus Elite
Cooling	Custom loop (CPU+GPU, 240 & 120 rads)
Memory	32GB Kingston HyperX Fury @ DDR4-3466
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6700 XT Fighter OC/UV
Storage	~4TB SSD + 6TB HDD
Display(s)	Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow White
Audio Device(s)	Asus TUF H3 Wireless
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX518
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	It runs Crysis remastered at 4K