Closer Look at abit IP35P

In the end of February 2008 numerous hardware web-sites posted the news about abit launching their IP35P – the latest mainboard with remarkable overclocking potential. Of course, we were extremely intrigued by the news. The manufacturer calls their mainboard “Extremely OverSpeed” in their official press-release. Well, we are going to find out how true this statement is later, and now let’s meet the new abit IP35P in person.

Package and Accessories

The front side of abit IP35P box took a bad beating on the way to us and arrived covered with postage labels and other service stickers, so we had to use an image from the manufacturer’s web-site:

There is nothing special about the package front: it is decorated with the same car typical of the entire abit IP35 family, carries the logos of all supported CPUs and offers a brief list of technical specifications. The reverse boasts much more useful info, there is a photo of the board with the list of its key features and detailed specifications.

The accessories bundle is backed without excess. It includes FDD and IDE cables, a Serial ATA cable, a power adapter for SATA devices and an I/O Shield for the case rear panel – once of each.

Besides there is also a user’s manual, a CD disk with all necessary software, a sticker with connector layout and a leaflet warning you against harsh handling of the CPU socket. Everything indicates clear economy effort: the number of bundled accessories as well as the absence of a manual cover.

Modest accessories bundle is not a drawback. We are absolutely for reasonable economy here, it is much better than superfluous extravagancy. Most users normally use only one Serial ATA cable out of six that come with majority of mainboards, so the accessories bundled with abit IP35P are ore than sufficient for the first start.