Athlon Motherboard Roundup - March 2000
by Anand Lal Shimpi on March 27, 2000 12:27 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
Most of the entries into this roundup have already received individual reviews on AnandTech. For those boards, we have provided links back to the individual reviews. A s for the remaining few, their full reviews are coming in the near future.
The boards included in this roundup are the AOpen AK72, ASUS K7M, ASUS K7V-RM, EPoX 7KXA, FIC SD-11, Gigabyte GA-7IX, Gigabyte GA-7VM, Microstar MS-6167, Microstar MS-6195 K7Pro, Soyo SY-K7AIA, and the Tyan Trinity K7 S2380.
AOpen AK72
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Motherboard Specifications |
|
| CPU Interface |
Slot-A
|
| Chipset |
VIA KX133
VIA 371 North Bridge VIA 686A South Bridge |
| L2 Cache |
N/A (on-chip)
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| Form Factor |
ATX
|
| Bus Speeds |
100
/ 110 / 115
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| Voltages Supported |
1.30v - 2.05v (in 0.05v increments)
2.10v - 3.40v (in 0.10v increments) |
| Memory Slots |
3 168-pin DIMM Slots
|
| Expansion Slots |
1 AMR Slot
1 AGP Slot 5 PCI Slots (5 Full Length) 1 ISA Slot (1 Full Length/1 Shared) |
| AC'97 |
Analog Devices 1881
|
| BIOS |
AWARD Medallion BIOS v6.00
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The AK72 is one of the larger motherboards in this roundup, but other than that, the board turned out to be a pretty decent KX133 solution. While it wasn’t our top pick, which is unusual for AOpen since we are normally very impressed with their products, the AK72 didn’t have the same rock hard stability that we’re used to from the company.
Then again, the AK72 was just about as stable and reliable as the rest of the KX133 boards in the roundup, so it can’t really be penalized for that.
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