Specifications
| abit IN9 32X MAX WiFi | |
|---|---|
| Item | Specification |
| Processor Support | Supports Intel Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo & Extreme, Pentium® D & Pentium®4 Processors, including 1333MHz FSB processors. |
| Northbridge | NVIDIA nForce 680i SPP |
| Southbridge | NVIDIA nForce 680i MCP |
| Memory support | 4 DIMMs, DDR2, 533/667/800+, 8GiB max |
| Graphics (main) | 2 x PCI Express Graphics 16x |
| PCI Express | 1 x PCI Express Graphics 16x (but
electrically 8x) 2 x PCIe x1 |
| PCI Conventional | 2 slots; PCI 2.2 |
| ATA | 1 port, 680i MCP |
| SATA | 6 ports SATA2 AHCI,
680i MCP 2 eSATA ports, Silicon Image Sil3132 |
| SATA RAID | 0/1/5, 680i MCP, MediaShield |
| LAN | 2 x NVIDIA Gigabit Ethernet |
| Audio | HD Audio, 8-channel, Realtek ALC888DD Codec, 680i |
| Floppy | 1 port |
| FireWire | 2 ports |
| USB | 10 ports, USB2.0, 680i |
| I/O ports & switches | 1 x PS/2 keyboard, 1 x PS/2 mouse, S/PDIF in and out, clear-CMOS switch, 4 x USB 2.0, 2 x RJ-45 LAN, 2 x eSATA |
| Monitoring ASIC | µGuru |
| Fan headers | 6 |
| Form factor | ATX - 12in x 9.6in |
| Street price as at 27/07/07 | ~£178 inc. VAT |
So, a set of premium features and a premium price. Fact is, though, nForce 680i SLI boards are never cheap but the IN9 32X MAX is right up there with the ASUS Striker Extreme in terms of price.
As with all 680i boards, support is included for the recently-released 1333MHz FSB CPUs. And NVIDIA claims that all its 680i boards should work with Intel's 45nm Wolfdale and Yorkfield CPUs.
While 800MHz is currently the fastest JEDEC-approved standard for memory speed, the 680i supports automatic overclocking up to 1200MHz - for memory modules fitted with an EPP-enhanced Serial Presence Detect (SPD) EEPROM.
