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Tyan Tomcat K8E-SLI (S2866G3NR) Motherboard

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Product Description
Experience blazing speed and majestic graphics. Purchase Abit?s masterful KN8 SLi Socket 939 motherboard with its NVIDIA?s NF4 SLI Single Chipset, and be ready for the ride of your life. This... More
Experience blazing speed and majestic graphics. Purchase Abit?s masterful KN8 SLi Socket 939 motherboard with its NVIDIA?s NF4 SLI Single Chipset, and be ready for the ride of your life. This outstanding platform is specially designed for AMD?s mighty Athlon 64, 64FX and 64X2 Socket 939 processors with FSB up to 2GHz and HT Technology. The Abit KN8 SLi supports PCI-Express, Dual Channel DDR 400 up to 4GB, NVIDIA SLi technology, NV SATAIII RAID, NV GbE, NV Firewall, 7.1 channel audio, IEEE 1394 and USB 2.0. If you want a system created for games, videos, multimedia entertainment and extreme computing, you?d be wise to build it around this Abit KN8 SLi Socket 939 motherboard. Less
The Tomcat K8E-SLI (S2866) is a highly-integrated entry-level server, high-end desktop motherboard that has all of the great features found in its predecessor, the highly-acclaimed Tomcat K8E... More
The Tomcat K8E-SLI (S2866) is a highly-integrated entry-level server, high-end desktop motherboard that has all of the great features found in its predecessor, the highly-acclaimed Tomcat K8E (S2865), with additional options such as support for AMD Athlon 64, 64 FX, X2, and Opteron 100 series dual core processors, NVIDIA SLI dual PCI Express graphics cards support. Less
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Key Features   
Front Side Bus Speed 1000 MHz 1000 MHz
Storage Controller Type(s) Serial ATA II x 4 DMA/ATA-133 (Ultra) x 1, Serial ATA II x 4
Form Factor   ATX ATX
Video Interface   Dual PCI Express x16 PCI Express x16
Chipset   NVIDIA nForce4 SLI NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra
Compatibility PC PC
Compatible Processors AMD Athlon 64 AMD Athlon 64, AMD Opteron, AMD Sempron, AMD Athlon 64 FX, AMD Athlon 64 X2
Technical Features   
Expansion Slots   PCI Express x16 x 2 • PCI x 2 • PCI Express x1 x 3 PCI Express x16 x 2 • PCI x 3
Integrated Input/Output Ports USB 2.0 x 7 • FireWire (IEEE1394a) x 2 • RJ45 Lan Port x 1 • PS/2 Mouse x 1 • PS/2 Keyboard x 1 • Floppy Port x 1 USB 2.0 x 4 • RJ45 Lan Port x 2 • PS/2 Mouse x 1 • PS/2 Keyboard x 1 • Floppy Port x 1 • Serial (RS-232) x 1
RAID Support SATA RAID 0 • SATA RAID 1 • SATA RAID 0+1 JBOD Support • SATA RAID 0 • SATA RAID 1 • SATA RAID 0+1
Processor   
Socket Type   Socket 939 Socket 939
Chipset Family NVIDIA NVIDIA
Max supported CPUs qty 1 1
Memory   
Memory Type   DDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM
Number of Memory Slots 4 x 184 Pin DIMMs 4 x 184 Pin DIMMs
Max Supported RAM   4 GB 4 GB
Supported RAM Speeds 400 MHz 400 MHz • 333 MHz
Audio / Video   
Audio Output   SPDIF Out • 7.1 Channels • Optical Out -
Audio Input Microphone Jack • 1 x Line In -
Installed Video Memory - 16 MB
Video Out Ports - 15 Pin D-Sub VGA port x 1
Graphic Processor - XGI Volari Z7
Integrated Audio Realtec ALC850 -
Communication   
Networking Type Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet
Other Features   
Chassis Type   Desktop Desktop
Brand Abit Tyan
Other Features Dual Channel Memory Architecture • Firewall Dual Channel Memory Architecture • 64bit Ready
Package Qty 1 1
Dimensions   
Depth 9.65 in. 9.61 in.
Width 12.01 in. 12.01 in.
Warranty   
Warranty 3 Years 3 Years
Miscellaneous   
Regulatory Approval - CE • FCC
Bios Type - Flash ROM
Bios Features - DMI2.0 • WfM2.0 • APM 1.2 • ACPI 1.0
Product ID 27136529 35136252
UPC 4710933353697 0635872013645
Power Configurations - ACPI/APM Power Management • Wake On LAN Header
Product MPN   
MPN KN8 Sli S2866G3NR
 
Consumer Reviews
Abit KN8 SLi
Abit KN8 SLi Motherboard
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Tyan Tomcat K8E-SLI (S2866G3NR) Motherboard
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Consumer Reviews

3

Lots of features, very reasonable price

bypaulsur May 3, 2006
5 Helpfuls 6 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Lots of settings and tweaks. Runs cool.
Cons None so far
Recommended it? Yes

The dual 16x Pci xpress board is a very versatile board.
It will run either one 16x PCI video card, or two in SLI mode for serious gaming. It has front and back firewire ports. Four each SATA II drive ports right on the edge of the board facing drive cage in a typical ATX case. Lots of room... Read full review »

3

Not quite a bargain...

bycorbathegeek Aug 14, 2006
1 Helpfuls 2 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Cheap.
Cons Lots of problems: network, case compatibility, access to BIOS...
Recommended it? No

This board looked like it was a great value. Abit makes good MBs so when Fry's put it on sale I bought it right away. I tried to put it in a SA-1 Ione case (very nice) but the case wants a parallel port to link their front-panel display with the MB. No dice! The MB doesn't have a serial or parallel... Read full review »

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