Abit AN9 Fatality

When we first received the GeIL memory the recommendation was that we should use it in Asus’s M2N32 motherboard which we were more than happy to do. Unfortunately the results were less impressive than first expected. When looking for an alternative product to use we were offered Abit's An9 32x SLI Fatality board. Abit’s Fatality range is designed for the performance enthusiast and is therefore an ideal match for both memory products being reviewed today.

Packaging and Bundle

The Fatality An9 32x comes supplied in a box which certainly doesn’t give you much indication of the product inside. This changes when you open the lid and see that various board components are on display as well as some detailed product information.

Abit’s bundle is always very thorough and the Fatality AN9 is no exception. After opening the main box and removing the motherboard there are two smaller cardboard boxes which contain the numerous manuals and cables.

The above picture shows the plethora of cables Abit bundle, this includes enough SATA cables to build several systems, quality rounded IDE cables and extra USB and fire wire ports.

Possibly the most interesting part of the whole bundle isn’t shown above and that is the unique extra cooling that Abit bundle with the Fatality AN932. As this is a SLI board Abit have seen fit to include a fan which attaches to the PCI brackets and blasts air down on to the graphics cards.

The final bundled components in this package are Abit's sound solution and SLI connector. Rather than attaching the audio connectors to the motherboard as other manufacturers do Abit provide a PCI express audio output card.