Some things are meant to go together. Horse & Carriage. Fish and Chips. Bread and Butter. Well, here's another on for the list - Abit's KT7-A Motherboard and AMD's socket A processor's.
AMD's Socket A chips come in two varaieties - the Duron, and it's big brother, the Thunderbird. Abit's KT7-A motherboard has two options, the KT7-A, or the KT7-A RAID. Confused? Don't be! they'll all work with each other, so no problems there. The KT7-A is Abit's latest board using Via Technologies KT133A chipset. This chipset, and the boards using it, support the latest bells and whistles - 4xAGP, asyncronous memory timings, UDMA100, PC133 spec memory, etc. But the big difference between the A variants and the previous types is the A variants are ready for AMD's next generation of high speed chips. These chips will use a 133Mhz bus speed, and this is what Abit have aimed for.
The KT7 also sports Abit's now famous Soft Menu III which, with out getting too technical, allows you to change just about every setting known to man or motherboard at the flick of a key. Of course, as well as allowing the possibility for easily optimising your system, it also allows you to just as easily screw it up! Board installation is a peice of cake, supported by a nicely laid out and not too technical manual.
If you're looking for the best Socket A board on the market, look no further. A host of features, great stability, and a good reputation for reliability mean the KT7-A is king of this particular heap.
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