ABIT KA7 KX133 Slot-A ATX

The Bad

The KA7 suffers from a large PCB size, which although it isn't as big as the K7V, it is big enough to cause some problems with cramped cases. For those of you that don't have cramped cases, you have nothing to worry about.

One oversight ABIT managed to make with the KA7's bundle is that they failed to include any external USB headers to take advantage of the additional 2 USB ports supported by VIA's 686A South Bridge. So unless you have a USB header laying around, you're stuck to using the two ports on the rear of the motherboard which isn't really a big deal, but it would have been nice for ABIT to include one.

For once, the stability of an ABIT motherboard isn't listed under the bad section of one of our reviews. Overall, we were quite impressed by the KA7.

USB Compatibility

• Number of Front Universal Serial Bus Root Ports: 2

• Number of Rear Universal Serial Bus Root Ports: 2

• USB IRQ Enable/Disable in BIOS: Yes

• USB Keyboard Support in BIOS: Yes

Recommended SDRAM

Recommended SDRAM: 1 x 128MB Corsair PC133 SDRAM; 1 x 128MB Mushkin PC133 SDRAM

SDRAM Tested: 1 x 128MB Corsair PC133 SDRAM; 1 x 128MB Mushkin PC133 SDRAM

Manufacturer: Corsair
Purchase Website: http://www.corsairmicro.com

Manufacturer: Mushkin
Purchase Website: http://www.mushkin.com