Packaging and contents
Packaging and contents
Packaging and general contents, whilst not being of the utmost importance, do effect potential buyers' choices. ABIT have traditionally kept their packaging and contents rather low-key, has anything changed this time ?.
ABIT once again plump for the understated, shiny look to their boxes. You'd be hard-pushed to differentiate their motherboards from a glimpse of the box covers.
Only a small label, located at the side of the box, tells us that this is indeed the SR7-8X. The ATA133 graphic is also a clue to this being a SiS648-based motherboard. What do you get inside ?
The lean, understated theme continues as we examine the box contents. We're supplied with a single ATA133 IDE cable, a floppy cable, a USB1.1 bracket (why not a USB2.0 bracket considering that the SiS963 SB supports 6 USB2.0 ports ?), a multi-language instruction manual, custom backplane, and a driver / utility CD containing drivers for all required sources. I can excuse the lack of bundled extras on the grounds that the SR7-8X is aimed squarely at the cost-conscious buyer, but I'd have liked a second IDE cable and USB2.0 header, the latter would have raised the available ports to the specified 6.
