Test: Kontron KT780/ATX UK

Box content

Kontron produces motherboards for the industry, and is a certified OEM producer, who delivers embedded solutions, where a box with pretty colours etc. would be a waste of energy, because the orders roll in, when the companies need them, and not based on how pretty the box might look. However you can be sure to know, that the motherboard you recieve has been nurtured trough pretty much any process it has been through. You might think this was a pretty weak sales argument, but I can tell you that this is the first time I have ever recieved a board, that is 100% straight, and has not suffered under pressure from heatsinks, that has been locked so firmly, that the motherboard actually starts to bend in several places, which I have seen on pretty much every single card I have had to this date.

There IS no doubts, regarding how well this card has been made by Kontron, which is made for the industry, who have alot higher demands in durability and lifetime, then producers who delivers to us "average" users.

Before this turns into a session of "touchy feely" comments from my side, we better move on to the specifications on the next page.