ABIT AV8 powered by VIA K8T800 Pro/VT8237 performance chipsets based on AMD Athlon 64/64FX Socket 939 Processors. With SATA RAID, Dual DDR400, AGP8X/4X, IEEE1394 and Gigabit LAN including ABIT engineered µGuru for optimum overall system performance. This board is the performer of the year. Using the groundbreaking Hyper Transport Technology and gushing with extra capacity and peripherals support as well as first class onboard 5.1-channel audio, this board can easily be your foundation for a superb system.

ìGuru
ìGuru is a new microprocessor designed by the ABIT Engineers for use only on ABIT motherboards. ìGuru combines the ABIT Engineered features ABIT EQ, ABIT FanEQ, ABIT OC Guru, ABIT FlashMenu, ABIT AudioEQ and ABIT BlackBox into a user-friendly interface providing users the perfect environment with which to maximize performance and stability.




Hyper Transport Technology
HyperTransport technology, which delivers a 2GHz effective system bus, is a high-speed, low latency, point-to-point link designed to increase the communication speed between integrated circuits in computers, servers, embedded systems, and networking and telecommunications equipment up to 48 times faster than some existing technologies.




Serial ATA 150 RAID
Serial ATA is an evolutionary replacement for the Parallel ATA storage interface. This new high-speed interface boosts data transfer rates to up to 150 MB/sec. More flexible power tolerances allow for smaller and more efficient cables.




IEEE 1394
Supports 400/200/100 Mb/s data transfer rate, let you easily connect to most kinds of Digital Video and Digital Camera.




6-Channel Audio
Lets you enjoy 6-channel audio without having to buy advanced sound cards.




Thermal Guard™
ABIT ThermalGuard™ technology prevents your CPU from overheating and burning up in case of any hardware-cooling malfunction. ThermalGuard� is hardware-based for maximum security and reliability.

With a working AGP/PCI lock, best-in-class BIOS, and a rock-stable overclock to a 260MHz bus, the AV8 certainly lives up to its potential.
There's more to the AV8 than overclocking, though. The board's uGuru-powered BIOS is also loaded with more monitoring and tweaking functionality than any other mobo I've tested. Throw in the uGuru software suite and a smart array of integrated peripherals, and you've got yourself a pretty sweet board. The only features that the AV8 lacks—extra peripherals—are probably a factor of the board's bargain price. While there are certainly high-end boards available with multiple Gigabit Ethernet ports and more RAID options, it's tough to find one for under $110.