Gigabyte is for the birds
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Albatron isn't entering the PC market blind, though. Jack Ko, formerly a founder of Gigabyte, is now their CEO. He brings with him a wealth of experience and a solid reputation.
Today we're looking at Albatron's KX400+ Pro, a KT333-based motherboard that claims to be the first to support DDR400 memory. There's a lot more to the KX400+ Pro than claimed DDR400 support, so let's dive in and see just what Albatron is offering.
The specs
We'll set the stage by looking at the board's feature set.
| CPU support | Socket 462-based AMD Athlon/Duron processors |
| Form factor | ATX |
| Chipset | VIA KT333 |
| North bridge | VIA VT8367 |
| South bridge | VIA VT8235 |
| Interconnect | V-Link (266MB/s) |
| PCI slots | 6 32-bit/33MHz |
| AGP slots | 1, 2X/4X AGP 2.0 |
| AMR/CNR slots | 1 CNR (shared with PCI) |
| Memory | 3 184-pin DIMM sockets Maximum of 3GB of PC1600/PC2100/PC2700 DDR SDRAM |
| Storage I/O | Floppy disk 2 channels ATA/133 |
| RAID | none |
| Legacy ports | 1 PS/2 keyboard, 1 PS/2 mouse, 2 serial, 1 parallel Game port and audio jacks |
| USB | 2 USB 2.0/1.1 ports 4 additional USB 2.0/1.1 port via PCI backplane connector |
| Audio | ALC650 6-channel audio |
| Ethernet | none |
| BIOS | Phoenix-Award with Dual BIOS and Voice Genie |
| Bus speeds | 133-233MHz in 1MHz increments |
| Voltages | CPU: 1.10-1.85 in 0.025V increments DRAM: 2.5-2.8V in 0.1V increments |
| Monitoring | Voltage, fan status, and temperature monitoring |
A couple of things jump out right away: first, the board has six PCI slots, and second, there's no integrated Ethernet or RAID. Let's go over some of the highlights in more detail, because there's a little more to this board than you might get from just looking at its spec sheet.
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