Abit AV8 AMD Athlon 64 socket-939 motherboard layout.The Abit AV8 motherboard uses only a passive chipset heatsink which for the minute extra cost a fan assisted would have been better especially as Abit have put a lot into this board for overclocking.
A more attractive AV8 motherboard colour would have been appreciated to brighten things up a bit along with colour coding of the various connectors.
Interesting to see a different layout of the power supply area with this AV8 motherboard, AMD Athlon 64 socket and heatsink where the AMD socket is moved to the lower half of the motherboard moving the power supply regulators and chipset heatsink to the top.
This has meant that both the power connectors are now close to the power regulators keeping them in one place and bringing the AMD Athlon 64 socket away from that cluttered area. Handy for those of you using air cooled heatsinks.
For water cooled heatsinks and especially those we have reviewed which use only the small 1/4" diameter water pipes it does not matter where the socket is. Have you seen the incredible cooling performance from then in our heatsink tests.
Nice to see plenty of room between the DDR memory slots and the AGP slot and there are four fan headers around this AV8. The motherboard comes complete with a black plastic socket fixing and motherboard back support while being fitted with the Abit uGuru chip as well