ABIT KR7A-RAID Press Release

[Keefe]

The guys at OCWorkbench.com have posted a press release for Abit's new KR7A-RAID motherboard:

Turbo-Charge Your DDR:

ABIT's KR7A-RAID

Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, November 5, 2001- ABIT is proud to introduce the
KR7A-RAID. Based on VIA's KT266A northbridge and VT8233 southbridge, the
KR7A-RAID is engineered to take your PC to the next level of stability and
performance.

Superior Specs

The KR7A-RAID supports the latest AMD Duron, Athlon, and Athlon XP CPUs. A
200 / 266MHz Front Side Bus is supported, as well as VIA's V-Link technology
which increases your system bandwidth to 266MB/sec. This latest piece of
ABIT Engineering includes 4 DIMM sockets, allowing the KR7A-RAID to support
up to 4GB of registered DDR SDRAM or 3GB of unregistered DDR SDRAM memory.
With increased bandwidth and massive memory capabilities, the KR7A-RAID will
turn your PC into a multimedia powerhouse.

SoftMenuTM III & ATA 133 RAID

ABIT's SoftMenuTM III puts you in the driver's seat, allowing you to adjust
vital system parameters. CPU core, I/O, and DDR VCC voltages can be tweaked
with ease, and FSB frequencies can be set anywhere from 100 to 200Mhz in
increments of one. With SoftMenuTM III, the KR7A-RAID gives you unmatched
flexibility.

The KR7A-RAID includes the HPT372 controller, which adds ATA 133 RAID
support. It also brings 2 additional IDE channels which, when added to the 2
native channels, gives you support for up to 8 IDE devices! ATA 133 with a
133 MB/sec transfer rate, RAID 0 (striping), RAID 1 (mirroring), and RAID
0+1 (striping + mirroring) are all supported by the KR7A-RAID. By using two
hard disks, a RAID 0 array can split information evenly between the two,
effectively doubling performance. RAID 1 is a mirroring setup that
dramatically improves your data integrity. RAID 0+1 gives the user the
performance of RAID 0 and the security of RAID 1.

Other Features

The KR7A-RAID is packed with other features that distance the competition.
The on-board USB header provides up to four extra USB channels, providing
ultimate expandability for your USB devices. Hardware monitoring reports fan
speeds, voltages, and system environment temperatures. 1 AGP slot and 6 PCI
slots round out an already impressive package. With its unique features,
expansion possibilities, and superior performance, the KR7A-RAID puts your
DDR into the fast lane.

[Keefe]

Here are some more specs and a pic of the motherboard...
CPU
Support AMD Athlon XP 1500+ ~1900+/AMD Athlon 700MHz~1.4GHz or future Socket A Processors based on 200/266 MHz(100MHz/133MHz Double Data Rate)
Support AMD Duron 600MHz ~ 950 MHz or future Socket A Processors based on 200 MHz
(100MHz Double Data Rate)  
Chipset
VIA KT266A / VIA VT8233

Memory
Four 184-pin DIMM sockets support up to 4 GB PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM module  
BIOS
SoftMenu™III Technology to set CPU parameters

Functions
Four channels of Bus Master IDE Ports supporting up to 8 Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133( RAID 0 /1/0+1).
Miscellaneous
1 AGP slot, 6 PCI slots.  
Ultra DMA 100/RAID
High Point HPT372 IDE Controller
Ultra DMA 133MB/sec data transfer rate

i think the highpoint controller supports ata133 raid, or am i wrong

[vee_ess]

Now i kinda want to trash my KT7A-Raid, but i also think i am just power hungry and being sorta immature

also does anyone know if the KT7A-Raid supports the Athlon XP?