De mannen va PC Scoop hebben de primeur met hun review over de Abit SA6R. Deze plank is de tweede van Abit die gebaseerd gaat worden op de i815e chipset, en lijkt alles te bieden wat bij de SE6 vergeten was. De SA6R heeft bijvoorbeeld standaard ondersteuning voor 8 ATA-100 apparaten waarvan er 4 ondersteuning hebben voor RAID 0 en 1. Softmenu III mist ook niet op de plankje, en maakt 1MHz stapjes van 50MHz naar 250MHz mogelijk. Verder is de layout ook erg relaxed met 6 PCI sloten, 4 DIMM sloten en een gedeeld CNR slot. De conclusie van de reviewer dan ook is erg positief, en als Abit dit plankje een beetje betaalbaar weet te maken dan is het absoluut een winnaar volgens PC Scoop:
To sum it up, the SA6R looks like another winner for ABIT. They've just got to make sure that the price is right. With the built-in audio and video, you can save a few bucks on those components and get a motherboard that performs very well. Then save up your dollars for a screaming video card. The onboard sound will definitely work well enough to hold you over so you may not even want to spend the money on another sound card. ABIT has once again taken a standard technology and expanded it by using their creativity and innovation. The 815E already supports four UDMA100 IDE drives. That wasn't good enough. ABIT threw on another IDE controller so you can have four more UDMA100 IDE drives and even use RAID if you want to. That is a very flexible solution and one that a lot of you will likely take advantage of. Since this is the first 815E motherboard we've reviewed, we've got to leave a little room for another manufacturer to step up and design a better solution using the 815E chipset. Let's just put it this way... They've got their work cut out for them because the ABIT SA6R has thrown down the gauntlet and seems to be up for the challenge.
If you are looking to upgrade to new technology from that old BX chipset you have, the ABIT SA6R should definitely be in the top tier of motherboards you consider. You get very similar performance to the BX chipset but still get the new technology such as AGP 4X and PC133 memory support. Once again, ABIT has taken a great concept and delivered a great motherboard.
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