ABIT KA7 KX133 Slot-A ATX

The Test

In recent times, choosing a motherboard cannot be completely determined by a Winstone score. Now, many boards come within one Winstone point of each other and therefore the need to benchmark boards against each other falls. Therefore you shouldn't base your decision entirely on the benchmarks you see here, but also on the technical features and advantages of this particular board, seeing as that will probably make the greatest difference in your overall experience.

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While we're still leaning towards the ASUS K7V because of its added stability and the reliability that we've come to know and appreciate from ASUS, credit must be given where it is deserved and ABIT definitely deserves credit for the KA7. System Integrators and OEMs will probably want to explore the ASUS boards as potential options because of their on-board audio codec and AMR slot, but performance oriented enthusiasts will definitely appreciate the amount of control granted by the KA7.

The KA7 is definitely reminiscent of what we all should remember ABIT for, as the company that helped define what features we take for granted now and as the company that helped pioneer the overclocking community.

ABIT hasn't had the greatest success in recent history, especially with all of the competition out there offering very ABIT-like options, but the KA7 is definitely one of the best KX133 motherboards available, thus helping to restore some of ABIT's unique qualities.