Abit KV7-V Via Motherboard with AMD Athlon XP 2900+ and 512MB DDR400/PC3200 Memory
Abit’s KV7 series motherboards come with a range of features and combined with the AMD Athlon XP 2900+ Processor and 512MB of Ultra DDR400/PC3200 memory, it makes an ideal starting point for a more powerful computer which could be used for all your home office needs as well as dabbling with gaming.
The motherboard is an Abit. It supports Socket A processors. The bus speed is an impressive 400MHz, allowing faster data transfer between components in the computer, speeding it up. The memory that comes included with this system can support this speed too.
Video support is an AGP 8x. This allows the newer generation of video cards allowing gamers a more realistic gaming experience throught the increased performance in graphics. It’s not as fast as the latest PCI express but will give enough power to those wanting to give games a try, but not hoping for the most bleeding edge performance.
Hard drive support goes up to Ultra DMA 133, as well as being able to support the SATA technology for even faster speeds. Other extras are LAN support and built in audio.
This combo has received mixed reports from people who have bought it. Although the final outcome is always a good board with the chip, the installation seems to be quite difficult. But not undoable with the knowledge of those who have already managed it.
Also included in this package are the AMD Athlon 2900+ processor which is optimised to improve performance with digital media like audio, video and image files.
And to finish it off, 512MB of DDR400/PC3200 RAM memory is included.
Overall an impressive performer for it’s price. But see below for a few issues that people have experienced with this combination.
Note: This motherboard requires that you have an Intel Pentium 4 connector from your power supply. It will also not support 3.3v video cards, only 0.8v and 1.5v.