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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
Thank you for choosing the Z68A-G45 (G3) Series (MS- 7750 v2.X) ATX main board. The Series main boards are based on Intel Z68 chipset for optimal system efficiency. Designed to fit the... More
Thank you for choosing the Z68A-G45 (G3) Series (MS- 7750 v2.X) ATX main board. The Series main boards are based on Intel Z68 chipset for optimal system efficiency. Designed to fit the advanced Intel LGA1155 processor, the Series main boards deliver a high performance and professional desktop platform solution. Less
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Key Features   
Front Side Bus Speed 1000 MHz -
Storage Controller Type(s) Serial ATA II x 4 Serial ATA x 6, Serial ATA II x 4, Serial ATA III x 2
Form Factor   ATX ATX
Video Interface   Dual PCI Express x16 PCI Express x16
Chipset   NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Z68 Express
Compatibility PC PC
Compatible Processors AMD Athlon 64 Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium, Intel Core i7, Intel Core i5, Intel Core i3
Technical Features   
Expansion Slots   PCI Express x16 x 2 • PCI x 2 • PCI Express x1 x 3 PCI Express x16 x 2 • PCI Express x1 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 8 • Serial Port x 1 • RJ45 Lan Port x 1 • PS/2 Mouse x 1 • PS/2 Keyboard x 1 • HDMI x 1 • USB 3.0 x 3
RAID Support SATA RAID 0 • SATA RAID 1 • SATA RAID 0+1 RAID 0 • RAID 1 • RAID 10 • RAID 5
Processor   
Socket Type   Socket 939 Socket LGA1155
Chipset Family NVIDIA Intel
Max supported CPUs qty 1 1
Memory   
Memory Type   DDR SDRAM DDR3 SDRAM
Number of Memory Slots 4 x 184 Pin DIMMs 4 x DIMMs
Max Supported RAM   4 GB 32 GB
Supported RAM Speeds 400 MHz 1066 MHz • 1333 MHz • 1600 MHz
Audio / Video   
Multi GPU Support - NVIDIA SLI
Audio Output   SPDIF Out • 7.1 Channels • Optical Out SPDIF Out • 7.1 Channels • Line Out
Audio Input Microphone Jack • 1 x Line In Microphone Jack • 1 x Line In
Integrated Audio Realtec ALC850 Realtek ALC892
Communication   
Networking Type Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet
Other Features   
Fans - 1 x Fan
Chassis Type   Desktop Desktop
Brand Abit MSI
Other Features Dual Channel Memory Architecture • Firewall Dual Channel Memory Architecture
Package Qty 1 1
Dimensions   
Depth 9.65 in. 9.6 in.
Width 12.01 in. 12 in.
Warranty   
Warranty 3 Years -
Miscellaneous   
Bios Features - Plug And Play BIOS
Product ID 27136529 111692067
UPC 4710933353697 -
Product MPN   
MPN KN8 Sli Z68AG45G3
 
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Abit KN8 SLi
Abit KN8 SLi Motherboard
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MSI Z68A-G45 (G3) Motherboard
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Product Review Summary

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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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