ABIT SR7-8X (SiS 648): DDR400-Powered

Having tested several SiS 648 motherboards so far, the ABIT SR7-8X has certainly impressed us in terms of being able to run "unofficial" DDR400 memory. The ability to run DDR400 at this point gives us a good idea of how well ABIT designed the SR7-8X for running outside the usual specifications of the platform. We'll obviously need to test many more 648 boards to get a feeling for what this chipset is made of, but we now have a better idea of what to expect.

We'd also like to emphasize the price tag of the ABIT SR7-8X. Currently, the price range for ABIT SR7-8X motherboards hover around $100. Considering features like onboard sound and LAN in addition to the top-notch DDR400 performance and compatibility the ABIT SR7-8X brings to the table, we're confident that most will find the price quite acceptable. Excluding the ABIT SR7-8X's somewhat dismal overclocking results, we can confidently conclude that the ABIT SR7-8X is the most impressive "unofficial" DDR400 Pentium 4 motherboard on the market in terms of price, performance and stability.

In the near future we'll be bringing you lots more coverage of SiS 648-based motherboards in addition to several other "unofficial" DDR400 motherboards based on both the Pentium 4 and Athlon XP platforms.