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: Fast and easy to set up
Cons: The Promise ATA100 setup

I picked up one of these motherboards at a flea market, and was impressed overall. Setup was easy, the manual was very good, and aside from what I've written below, the board was fast.
However, the Promise ATA setup isn't anything to smile about....

Pros: Fast, stable, cheap
Cons: I wouldnt want the sound card to be used

This board is a pleasure to work with. I am using the a7v133, which is very simalar, only a little newer. Ultra 100 right on it (two slots) as well as ultra 66. Plenty of slots, a motherboard processor fan built in, (that puppy runs 80 degrees all the...

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: Stable, Reliable and Feature Rich
Cons: Expensive, lacks drivers for promise ATA100 interface

After a while looking for the best board for my new system I decided to go for the a7v, by the time I got it (march 01), the standard model was the a7v133 which sports a sound card and a modem on board.

Asus has been known to manufacture the...

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

Hello

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: Lots of features
Cons: God help you if you need a repair

I felt the need to state this because My A7V has been in repair for 1 month now. They will ship me a replacement board tomorrow if mine is not ready by then. I have never seen such horrific service from a motherboard vendor. This is my last ASUS board....

Pros: lots of features, overclockability
Cons: expensive

Looking for a new motherboard for an Athlon system? The A7V will not disappoint. You got a rock solid board from a great, reputable company that's loaded with features. Take a look: KT133 chipset, 5 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 IDE channels, 1 parallel, 2 serial, and 2...

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 Duron Support
Cons: I couldnt Find any

As far as a review, you can’t rip on this product much. I am a 100% asus fan; i have always owned their products. From the PI board to the P2b/P3F and i have never been unsatisfied. They never go wrong on me.

I am a hard-core computer user....