Pros: Rock solid stability. Supports Coppermine. Can be had for cheap these days. Cons: Slot 1 means you'll need slot 1 to socket 370 converter to use Intel's FC-PGA chips. No on board Ultra66 or Ultra100 IDE controller.
The MS-6163 Pro was Microstar's penultimate 440BX solution for the PC enthusiast immediately preceding the BX Master. The BX Master is basically a 6163 Pro with an onboard Ultra66 IDE controller, one additional PCI slot and one additional DIMM slot. ...
Pros: Solid as a rock, even when full. Cons: UDMA Higher than 3 not supported.
I have owned an MS6163 Pro since its release in 1998. Since then, Intel have gone back to making socket boards due to the performance loss with Slot 1 processors.
At present, I have fully loaded this mainboard up to the top. Here is its...
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