ABIT's 32 Lane PCI Express Solution: AN8 32X

     When you talk about great motherboards of the past, you can hardly name any board before the name ABIT will come up.  Some of my most exciting adventures in overclocking were done on ABIT boards.  ABIT was a name that I swore by with my Intel Pentium 4 Northwood CPUs.  Those were fun days... the Max line of boards were just awesome, and there was hardly and Intel overclocker or enthusiest that did not have one.  If I remember correctly, those were also some of the first boards that gave us advanced vdimm options without having to do any mods to the boards.  That was some good stuff!  Fast forward a number of years now, and as we look at ABIT's recent history, they have struggled, and even at one point many rumored that they were going to go under.  It was a sad day when I first heard that rumor, but I am glad to report that it was just that... a rumor!  ABIT is still going strong, and their recent merger with Universal Scientific Industrial Co. Ltd. has put them in a much stronger financial position.  Now, with a new name, Universal ABIT Co., Ltd., ABIT hopes to once again compete for the top dog of motherboard manufacturers in the enthusiest community.

We are pleased to be able to look at the first ABIT board for review that Legit has done for quite awhile.  On the bench in this review in the ABIT AN8 32X motherboard. 

Take a look at the specs: