What happened to ABIT?

[INSTG8R]

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

 

[Artas1984]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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)

 

[INSTG8R]

 

[Artas1984]

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]

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]

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

 

[Bones]

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.

 

[R-T-B]

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]

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]

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.

 

[Ruru]

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!

 

[uuuaaaaaa]

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