ABIT Fatality FP-IN9 SLI Motherboard

Introduction:

When someone asks what's the latest chipsets? You hear two or three answers referring to the Intel 965X or 975X, and NVidia 680i. As of right now, there are more of the Intel based motherboards than the NVidia on the market. That is changing pretty quickly as various release issues have been vanishing with new BIOS updates. Each platform has had its hurdles, especially when it comes to the built in features.

If you ask the question as to which performer is best, you can just about expect a flurry of supporters and disapprovers. But, what you can't ignore the fact that each side of the field has had some great success whether features, support, overclocking, or performance that practically drowns out the minor discrepancies. The truth is pretty simple when you get right down to it. There hasn't really been a straight out of the gate winner, but each of the flagships have come pretty darn close.

While all this goes on and on, there are plenty of users who are looking for something comparable, yet simple and easy to use that takes the best bang for buck features that include a rock stable platform for their next upgrade. This sounds like a pretty nice thing, especially if your current platform doesn't have any of these features. The ABIT Fatality FP-IN9 SLI Motherboard is one such board aimed at users who want something better than the plain motherboards. The FP-IN9 650-SLI is different than what you might be use to seeing among the many other upgrade options on the market.

Specifications and Features:

Solid State Capacitors	For Enhanced Performance and Durability  Solid State Capacitors in the CPU and PWM areas significantly reduce heat and offer the most stable voltage regulation, thereby increasing performance while extending product life even under the most stressful conditions.
100% Japanese Caps	Special PWM Layout with High Quality Components  Special PWM layout ensures a stable current to all parts of the motherboard. 100% Japanese made capacitors surround the PCB for enhanced stability, performance and durability.
Onboard On/Off Switch	Easy DIY Testing  Power On and Reset buttons are built onboard, making it easy for DIY users to test the board without short-circuiting the wrong pins.
Silent Cooling	Efficient and Noise Free Operation  North- and South Bridges are cooled separately by Abit Engineered extra-wide and highly efficient heat sink and heat spreader combinations, creating a totally silent motherboard solution.
Factory Overclocked	Supercharged System Bus  Your board runs faster than its peers – with absolutely no overclocking skills needed. Instead, a supercharged, factory overclocked system bus provides the hidden powers you need to Obliterate the Competition and take home the win!
Optimized Networking	NVIDIA® FirstPacket™ Technology  Gigabit Ethernet with the innovative FirstPacket™ Technology from NVIDIA® lets you connect directly to high speed Internet and Local Area Networks, while actively reducing latencies in online play. By selectively prioritizing network packets used by online games, this feature will give you the lowest ping times and the best online game experience available.

Features:

CPU

Supports LGA775 Intel® Core™2 Duo, Core™2 Quad, Core™2 Extreme, Pentium® Dual-Core, Pentium® Extreme Edition, Pentium® D & Pentium® 4 Processors with 1066/800MHz FSB

PWM Designation provides high quality, efficient power

Chipset

NVIDIA® nForce® 650i SLI™

Memory

4 X 240-pin DIMM sockets support max. memory capacity 32GB

Supports Dual channel DDR2 800/667/533 Un-buffered Non-ECC memory

LAN

Native Gigabit Ethernet controller supports 10/100/1000Mbit LAN connections

Audio

7.1 CH HD Audio CODEC

Supports Auto Jack Sensing and optical S/PDIF Out

Expansion Slots

2 x PCI-E X16, 2 x PCI-E X1, 2 x PCI

Internal I/O

1 x Floppy Port supports up to 2.88 MB

2 x ATA 133/100/66/33 IDE connectors

4 x SATA 3Gb/s connector

2 x USB header (supports 4 additional ports)

1 x FP-Audio

Quick Power On & Reset buttons

Back Panel I/O

1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 1 x PS/2 Mouse

1 x S/P DIF Out

7.1 CH Audio connector (Front, Line-in, MIC-in, Center/Subwoofer, Surround, Rear Surround)

4 x USB 2.0, 1 x RJ-45 LAN connector

Serial ATA

NVIDIA® NF430: 4 x SATA 3Gb/s supports NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID with SATA RAID 0/1/0+1/5 and JBOD

RoHS

100% lead-free process and RoHS compliant

Accessories

Driver CD x1

English Manual x1

IDE cable x1, FDD cable x1, SATA cable x4

I/O Bracket x1, SLI Bracket x1

SLI Bridge Card x1

Form Factor

ATX form factor 305 x 245mm

PCB Color: Red

Abit Engineered

100% Japanese Capacitors

Low ESR, high ripple, conductive polymer aluminum solid state capacitors in all high frequency areas

Quick Power On & Reset buttons

Silent Cooling