Reviews
Driving The Athlon MIcro-Star's MS-6167 AMD Based Motherboard Finally, the playing field is begining to level out somewhat in the Processor/Motherboard arena. The consumer is no longer limited to one processor and chipset family that will provide top end performance. For many years competitors to Intel...
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Micro Star International's MS-6309 VIA Apollo Pro133A - Coppermine Ready Socket 370 Infused April 10, 2000 By Dave Altavilla The past few months have been very interesting for the PC Motherboard market. As we all know, Intel skipped a beat with respect to release of its own PC133 compatible chipset with the i820. In...
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Microstar International's MS-6337 - i815E Pro Our second pass at the i815E and it gets better every time. By Dave "Davo" Altavilla 9/27/00 You probably have noticed... Intel's latest motherboard chipset the i815E, has taken hold with virtually all of the major motherboard manufacturers as a major component in their mainstream...
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MSI 850Pro MSI's P4 Board Driven By the i850 By Dave Altavilla 2/12/01 MSI - Micro-Star International, has long been known for top quality motherboards designed with the Performance or Power User in mind. In addition, they are typically one of the first few vendors out of the gate with a new technology or motherboard...
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MSI's 694T Pro Motherboard Let's Shed Some Light on the Subject By, Jeff Bouton September 6th, 2001 When one thinks of quality motherboards, several manufacturers come to mind, one of which has to be MSI. For over 15 years, MSI has been producing some of the finest computer products on the market and today we've...
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P4 i845 SDRAM Motherboards from Asus and MSI The Asus P4B and MSI 845Pro2-R do battle By, Dave Altavilla September 24th, 2001 The Pentium 4 definitely has had it fair share of struggle and strife. In part, one of the reasons why Intel took some "heat" about the P4, was their choice of system memory interface. ...
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Soyo's K7-DRAGON -vs- Gigabyte's 7DXR The KT266 and AMD760 Square Off! By, Marco Chiappetta October 25, 2001 Athlon motherboards have come a long way since AMD's flagship CPU was first introduced. Initially, some OEMs would not even produce boards for the Athlon because they feared it would damage their relationships with Intel. ...
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The past couple of days I?ve had a chance to get familiar with Shuttle?s new AV61 motherboard based on the VIA 133 chipset. I hit a few speed bumps along the way, but ended up pleased. This board has a strong list of features, at a fantastic price point, so if your itching to replace your BX mobo, and the i820/RAMBUS combo is too...
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The Shuttle AK11 KT133A Based Motherboard Too bad this isn't a DDR board! By, Marco "BigWop" Chiappetta July 19, 2001 The VIA KT133A has long been the darling of the Athlon overclocking community. With excellent performance, compatibility and stability, at a great price point, is there any question why? With the recent reduction...
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Soyo's SY-6VCA Slot 1 Motherboard Is there a new Sheriff in town? By, Marco ?BigWop? Chiappetta June 16, 2000 Soyo has been making quite a name for themselves as of late. When Intel?s very popular BX chipset was prevalent, Soyo arguably produced a few of the very best boards available. Time goes by and new products...
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Sono International's 1008S Newcomers to the PC Motherboard arena? Not really! When Sono contacted me about reviewing their new Slot 1 Motherboard, I have to admit I was a little in the dark. At first I thought... Sono? Who? Then I received the eval unit. I was pleasantly surprised. This board seemed to be designed well. I also liked...
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Soyo's SY-TISU Motherboard All Overclockers Welcome By, Jeff Bouton August 20, 2001 With the July release of Intel's new Tualatin processor, we are seeing an ever increasing number motherboard manufacturers incorporating support for the new processor into their designs. And why not? The PIII Tualatin CPU, based on a 0.13-micron...
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Soyo's K7ADA ALi DDR Socket A Mobo... With some Crucial PC2100 RAM and a WBK38 thrown in! By Marco "BigWop" Chiappetta April 18, 2001 It seems that regardless of which PC component we speak of today the subject of bandwidth, and more specifically memory bandwidth, seems to take center stage. Recent discussions in the...
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SOYO ANNOUNCES 10 NEW MOTHERBOARDS FOR CAMINO, ATHLON, PENTIUM II/III and SOCKET 370 CPUs New Designs Support Leading Edge 750/800MHz CPUs/Chipset Technology, Consumer-based PCs with Integrated Multimedia, and "Designer" Internet Appliances FREMONT, CA (January 3, 2000) - Soyo, Inc. rings in the new year with 10 new motherboards...
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Soyo's New SY-6BA+III The third time is a charm Well now... It seems as if there is quite a stir about the new round of motherboards that have been released lately. The marketing focus and design efforts of today's Motherboard Manufacturers have shifted to embrace the needs of the serious "overclocker"....
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The Soyo's SY-6BA+IV The immortal motherboard! You know this 6BA+ name thing is getting to be like a movie seqoul for Soyo! Just when you thought it was safe to buy that new motherboard with all those new cool features, wait... IT'S BACK!!! This time around Soyo gave us only a few months between the release of the 6BA+III...
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The Soyo Computer SY-6BE+ Stability for the conservative @ heart! Soyo Copmputer is one of the larger Motherboard Manufacturers in the business. Established in the Mid 1980s, they have grown to be a force in the industry and have garnered many awards for their products from major publications. The SY-6BE+ is Soyo's answer to...
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The Soyo SY-6ICA Motherboard Soyo's RAMBUS Driven i820 Offering By, Dave "Davo" Altavilla - 5/17/00 Here we are again with yet another look at a motherboard from a top notch supplier based on Intel's controversial chipset, the i820. Whether you are interested in SDRAM supported designs with Intel's infamous MTH (memory transfer...
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Soyo's SY-6IZA Socket 370 Intel ZX Based Motherboard With AGP Support Fourteen years old and 400 head strong, Soyo Computer offers for your consumption, the SY-6IZA. This board offers a fairly complete sets of features in an economical package. What you are looking at is a VERY compact 4/1/1 set up. Here's the rest of the...
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The Soyo's SY-6VBA-133 The motherboard market is beginning to heat up with a surge of new technology based on new chipsets from various vendors like Intel, AMD, SIS and VIA. Soyo has typically been one of the early entries into new technologies as they come to market. With the anticipation of the new i820 chipset based motherboards,...
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Soyo SY-7IZB+ A Socket 370 - Good features and perfect for upgrading your AT System Most of you out there in cyberspace probably have one or to old AT cases containing what used to be the top of the line computer system. Also to most of you, upgrading to a PII, P!!! or Celeron would mean replacing the case, keyboard, and mouse....
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Soyo's SY-K7VTA - KT133 Motherboard AMD Socket A Technology From Soyo, Solid As A Rock By, Dave "Davo" Altavilla 10 / 25 / 2000 Motherboard offerings are really beginning to get overwhelming. Why is this you ask? Well, for starters Intel finally has true competition with AMD firmly perched in the heart of its mainstream...
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