ABIT IL9 Pro 945P Motherboard

Introduction:

   You can pretty much find many of the top model motherboards at your local computer stores and you can always find them online. Often these top model series cost a lot more than people really want to pay especially if the upgrade is for a more professional or home computer system. Features will vary of course depending on what chipset that comes with the motherboard.

The three main current Intel chipsets are the 945, 965, and 975 respectively. Each one incorporates different features depending on the chipset. The 975 tends to have all the bells and whistles which includes some great overclocking. The 965 chipsets have done really well with overclocking but tend to have a few less bells. Since the 945 is considered the more budget oriented chipset, you tend to think that it provides less features or is some how limited.

The new ABIT IL9 Pro utilizes the Intel 945P chipset but it has a few features and options that are aimed at giving users an alternative against the other budget motherboards out there. If you're going out to look for a motherboard for around the $90.00 mark, check out this IL9 Pro first. It's really hard to find an SLI motherboard for under $100.00 and we'd like to give the users who don't have to have the most extreme something else to consider.

Specifications and Features:

• LGA 775

• Intel® 945P

• FSB1066

• Dual DDR2 667

• PCI-E X16

• SATA 3G

• GbE LAN

• 7.1 CH HD Audio

• RoHS Compliancy

CPU
- LGA775 Socket for Intel® Core™ 2 Duo/ Pentium® D/ Pentium® 4/ Celeron® D Processors with 1066 MHz FSB
- Supports Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology

Memory
- 4 x 240-pin DIMM sockets support DDR2 667 memory up to 4GB
- Supports Dual Channel DDR2 667 Un-buffered Non-ECC memory

LAN
- On board 10/100/1000M LAN

Audio
- On board HD 7.1 CH Audio CODEC

Expansion Slots
- 1 x PCI-E X16
- 1 x PCI-E X16 (PCI-E X4 bandwith)
- 1 x PCI-E X1
- 3 x PCI

Internal I/O
- 1 x Floppy Port supports up to 2.88 MB
- 1 x Ultra DMA 100/ 66/ 33 IDE connector
- 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connector
- 2 x USB header (support 4 ports)
- 1 x FP-Audio, 1 x CD-In

Back Panel I/O
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 1 x PS/2 Mouse
- 1 x Serial Port, 1 x Printer port
- 4 x USB 2.0, 1 x RJ-45 LAN connector
- 7.1 CH Audio connector ( Line-in/ Surround, Line-out, MIC-in, Rear Surround, Center/ Woofer)
- S/PDIF Out

Form Factor
- ATX form factor 305 x 244mm
- PCB Color: Blue

RoHS
- 100% lead-free process and RoHS compliant

You can see the options are very similar to the up scale 965 and 975 chipset based motherboards. There may not be as many of those options in terms of ports and connectors, but the features are very similar. And in case you haven't noticed from the start, there are two PCI Express graphics slots. Two PCIE graphics slots on a sub $100.00 motherboard? Nice.