Retail Abit IN9 32X-MAX - Pictures, observations and testing...

[Speederlander]

The only problem I had was that I could not use higher than 10x multiplier where all 4 cores would go above 10x. Other than that, it's been rock solid for me.

One thing I would mention though is PWM temps. Mine were high and I did add an 80mm fan and I also folded the heat tape over the PWM chips to make it thicker and that knocked a good 20-30c off my PWM chips. I would recommend you do that as soon as you get the mobo since the tape gets a little gooey after awhile, plus on a bare board it only takes like 15 seconds to remove the heat pipe assembly. I also replaced the heat pads on the NB and SB with AS5.

Really, I am inpressed with this mobo and it does remind me alot of my old Max3 as far as quality and stability, though it also gives you a lot of confidence (maybe too much) in OC'ing, which can be both good and bad

So is that 1333 FSB you are getting? Do you find you are FSB limited on this board? My main goal, if I would move away from bad axe 2 would be to get high FSB. Right now, a 965 chipset seems more likely to give me this. But I am open to 680i, especially if I get SLI itch someday.

[Slammin]

Yes, Bus Speed=333.3MHz, Rated FSB=1333.3MHz according to cpuz. Need to update my sig but ram is currently at 3-3-3-7-14 1T @2.1v.

Quads will limit your FSB but I'm 100% stable at 333 fsb. I have recently discover that when I run my ram at 1:1, I can bench at 360fsb, though not 100% stable yet. Seems that quad+ram divider = 333fsb limit for me.

Might want to look around at some of the reviews and such, make comparisons etc., since this is my first intel mobo in quite some time but I am happy with it.