Abit AN-M2 Motherboard Review

Main Specifications

Abit AN-M2 main features are:

• Socket: AM2.
• Chipset: NVIDIA GeForce 7025/nForce 630a.
• Super I/O: Winbond W83627DHG
• Parallel IDE: One ATA-133 port.
• Serial IDE: Four SATA-300 ports controlled by the chipset supporting RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and 5.
• USB: Ten USB 2.0 ports (four soldered on the motherboard and six available through I/O brackets that don’t come with the motherboard).
• FireWire (IEEE 1394a): No.
• On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with Realtek ALC888 codec (eight channels, 24-bit resolution, up to 96 kHz sampling rate for the inputs and up to 192 kHz sampling rate for the outputs, 90 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the inputs and 97 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the outputs).
• On-board video: Yes, produced by GeForce 7025.
• On-board LAN: Yes, Gigabit Ethernet (1,000 Mbps) controlled by the chipset together with a Marvel 88E1116 chip to make the physical layer interface.
• Buzzer: Yes.
• Power supply: ATX12V v2.x (24-pin).
• Slots: One x16 PCI Express, one x1 PCI Express and two PCI slots.
• Memory: Four DDR2-DIMM sockets (up to 8 GB up to DDR2-800/PC2-6400).
• Number of CDs that come with this motherboard: 1 CD.
• Programs included: Motherboard drivers and utilities.
• Extra features: None.
• More Information: https://www.uabit.com
• Average price in the US*: USD 80.00

* Researched at Shopping.com on the day we published this review.