Written on: 22/09/2007 by r3tr0 (1 review written)
Good Points
Easy BIOS flashing, Very tweak friendly. Run this board with a 2600+ Barton and laugh with joy as you OC the rig. Takes a beating, very durable in my experience. Withstanding multiple PSU deaths. Great quality on-board sound with 5.1 out. Works with all hardware I have ever attached to it.
Bad Points
The ram drops in speed as you fill the dimm slots with 1GB's pc3200 to pc2700, The jumpers are not toggles making it a bit difficult for some to access the over clocking features. Plain style, looks like something that wants to hide in a beige box.
General Comments
Greatest mother board for the value, with the low cost of the components for this dated motherboard you can build one serious rig for very little bread!
My system:
A7V8X-X Asus BIOS 1014
Amd 2600+ Barton @ 2.07 GHz [11.5 * 180/36]
Kingston 1GB DDR 400
ATI AIW Radeon 9800 pro 128MB AGP
80GB Matrox HD
300 Watt PSU
Fast enough for many great 3D games.