ASUS K7V KX133 Slot-A ATX

The Bad

The only real complaint we had about this board was the size of the PCB. We would've appreciated something more along the lines of the older K7M's size.

The integrated sound is always a disappointment for most hardware enthusiasts; luckily, it can be disabled, but unfortunately, if you want to use your own sound card, you'll be taking up one of the five available PCI slots leaving a four more for expansion. But this gets back to the initial problem most users will have with the motherboard.

The K7V makes use of what AWARD calls the Medallion BIOS Setup, which is nothing more than the old Phoenix BIOS Setup that was created after Phoenix took over AWARD. In spite of this scary fact (the Phoenix BIOS setup has never been our favorite), the setup does allow for all of the options that we'd normally find in an AWARD setup, so we can't really complain.

USB Compatibility

• Number of Front Universal Serial Bus Root Ports: 2

• Number of Rear Universal Serial Bus Root Ports: 2

• USB IRQ Enable/Disable in BIOS: Yes

• USB Keyboard Support in BIOS: Yes

Recommended SDRAM

Recommended SDRAM: 1 x 128MB Corsair PC133 SDRAM; 1 x 128MB Mushkin PC133 SDRAM

SDRAM Tested: 1 x 128MB Corsair PC133 SDRAM; 1 x 128MB Mushkin PC133 SDRAM

Manufacturer: Corsair
Purchase Website: http://www.corsairmicro.com

Manufacturer: Mushkin
Purchase Website: http://www.mushkin.com