ASUS a7v133 Motherboard

[061070]

Any one know anything about this mobo.

Good/bad points

[DocPC]

Good, stable board. Have used hundreds in builds. Only remember 1 RMA.

[061070]

What about the ASUS a7m266 is this one better

[DocPC]

More expensive with the DDR slots, but have used those as well. Stable and fast.

[cookin chef]

I used those in builds one time as well. Good boards even though that model is nearly a year old. But with a bios flash, it will support athlon xp cpu's. The onboard promise ide controller is a great feature as well.
Only downside part, it uses the older via kt133a chipset and only supports sdram, no ddr.

[061070]

Are the Asus a7's generally good. I'm after one with DDR Ram

[freddy]

[quote]Originally posted by 061070:
Are the Asus a7's generally good. I'm after one with DDR Ram

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I,m using the A7A board at the moment ,,,,have been a few comments about aladin chipset ,,,,might not be the fastest ,,,,,but it IS stable and NO via 4in1 probs.

Early boards had probs with ATI v/cards ,,,but fixed now.

1009 bios latest supports xp and morgan (duron) and ATA133 h/drives.

PLUS the board hold DIMMS and DDR (not at the same time)so u can use your dimms ,,,untill u sell em..

although the board is quite wide (check measurments)

have a look at www.scan.co.uk ,,,,daily offers ,,,u might just find a bargain.

freddy