Asus A7V

Pros: Overclocking-friendly, ASUS name, tons of features.
Cons: Not entirely jumperless and may be expensive.

Introduction

If the chip is the heart of the system, the motherboard is the body. Now we all know if you have a bad body it doesn’t matter how good your heart is – whoops, sorry for that callous analogy. However in the...

Pros: Very stable, Overclockable, UDMA-100 support.
Cons: Noisy, No ISA slots, Price.

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The Asus A7V-133 System board

The subject is the ASUS A7V computer system board that I never tried but we have the Asus A7V-133 that we are currently using in our current system. The differences between...

Pros: easy-set-up, manual, layout, fast-start-up-memory-count, fast board,overclocking (if-have-multiplier DIP-switches-on-board - May be two versions, check manual)
Cons: DMA Ultra 100 workarounds- update takes care of that

I was happily chugging along on my P166 computer, deciding that I did not need to replace or upgrade for a long time. I was not interested in any new software (who ever learns their apps thoroughly anyway.....) and I was perfectly content with my...

Pros: "Fasten your Seat Belt" Speed, "Your Grandma's Buick" stability.
Cons: Gimme a minute, I'm thinking. None I guess, YET!

Funny how quickly we get used to speed. I mean, I recently reviewed an Abit KA7-100 MB with the 750 SlotA Athlon, and was raving about it's performance. A little time passes, I get a few bucks to spare and BANG! An Athlon 1.1GHz T-Bird is in my reach,...

Pros: stability, on-board ATA/100
Cons: size, dipswitches

My purchase of AsusTek's A7V was a rash decision. I had wanted Abit's KT7-RAID, but the store only had an A7V, and I wanted my new components that day, so I went ahead and got it. I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised.

Upon...

Pros: Great Layout, UDMA 100, Very Overclocking Friendly
Cons: Pricey, can't set Multiplier setting in BIOS.

Let's get to the point, you want this motherboard because you want to overclock your Duron/T-bird......right? We all know that the new AMD Duron/T-Bird chips totally destroy Intels Celeron/Coppermine chips, and they cost way less. So unless you are the...

Pros: Overclockability, Upgradable
Cons: No Raid Support

Needing to build a new computer, I did TONS of research and finally picked this board. I am extremely happy with my decision and I believe I will be for a long time. This board has a number of things going for it:

Supports AMD Chips
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Pros: Stable, easy to use, overclockable in BIOS with latest BIOS updates.
Cons: No RAID Support

This is a VIA KT133 chipset based Socket A motherboard, intended for AMD Duron or Socket A Athlon ("Thunderbird") processors. It supports processor speeds up to 1GHz, the 200MHz bus standard on Durons and Athlons, up to 1.5GB of PC100 and PC133 SDRAM,...

Pros: Great features, actually has 7 usb, Stable
Cons: Incompatible with ATI Radeon, some bad boards

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Update: I was never able to get the ATI Radeon card to work. I recommend using a Geforce2 line of video card with this motherboard, as the driver support and compatability is better. Also be sure and upgrade to Bios version 1005c if using a new...

Pros: Built in ATA/100, choice of ATA/100 or RAID, RAM expandability, peripheral connectivity.
Cons: A bit pricey

I have recently purchased the Asus A7V-133 and have noticed that this board is probably one of the best ones on the market thus far. I have had no stability issues arise from it, and my processor has no heat problems at all. I don't really notice the...

Pros: Stability, Great Overclocking features, clean layout, ATA-100 support, AMR expansion slot
Cons: Unstable pre-loaded BIOS

ASUS has always been a reputed name when it comes to high quality high performance motherboards. So when it came to buy one for my system i was more or less sure what i was going to get. The other contender can be the ABIT KT7 but since my dealer was not...

Pros: 4 IDE controllers, 5 USB, SocketA
Cons: Slightly unstable at times

This mainboard is wonderful overall. It boasts a whopping five USB ports (with correct drivers), two onboard ATA-100 IDE controllers, and supports Socket A (Thunderbird and Duron) chips up to 1 Ghz with the current BIOS. Also, if you are lucky enough...

Pros: Good stability, good expandibility, good price, good performance
Cons: Can be super-flaky when conditions arent just right

Let me start off by saying considering the platform, this is a great board. Its stable, fast, and reliable.

I had a power supply problem when I had this board hooked up. And it was very hard to diagnose. I have found the A7V does not like...

Pros: Good quality Long life span Best warranty service It's ASUS
Cons: First 2 releases are problematic Not all the BIOS versions work Expensive

I purchased this board having past experiences with ASUS. Out of the box the manual was not 100% correct. On ASUS website there was also a warning to update the bios with a newer version. It took a couple of days to get it running right but the I started...

Pros: Brags: up to 8 hard drives, stable, ata100, pc133/vc133 ram, 5 USB ports included(7max on board), easy to overclock, nice bios, built in hardware temp monitor, very well documented
Cons: Don't like: there's a resistor right next to the cpu that makes putting a fan on very difficult.

With an extra $300 to spend and extra parts laying around I wanted to build a system I could kill without much worry, In this case I wanted to exploit the ease of duron overclocking with a consistant board. In this case the Asus A7V was perfect....