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Soyo K7V Dragon Motherboard Review
Author: Dennis Garcia
Published: Tuesday, October 02, 2001
Introduction
Introduction
The Soyo Dragon isn't a new motherboard to the market and by the time this review is published there will be a revision to this board
called the K7V Dragon-Plus, the plus being a chipset upgrade.
The motherboard also contains a host of other features. Some are built into the KT266 chipset and others being added for additional functionallity.
The key features include.
AMD Athlon & Duron Processors, 200/266MHz FSB DDR Memory both PC1600 and PC2100, up to 3GB
SOYO Wizard On Hand II Function : CPU FSB Frequency can be setup by 1MHz increment
CPU core voltage & FSB & multiplier could be adjusted via BIOS setup
AGP Pro slot supporting up to AGP 4X
On board CMI 8738 Audio chip to provide 6 channels audio solution supporting optical & SPDIF output
On board 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
Embedded Promise "Lite" IDE RAID controller, provide IDE RAID 0,1 function
Lite only supports a maximum of 2 IDE drives in RAID
Collectivly these features give the SY-K7V its Dragon name.
To find out more about this motherboard including what is listed here please visit the Soyo website
The key features include.
AMD Athlon & Duron Processors, 200/266MHz FSB DDR Memory both PC1600 and PC2100, up to 3GB
SOYO Wizard On Hand II Function : CPU FSB Frequency can be setup by 1MHz increment
CPU core voltage & FSB & multiplier could be adjusted via BIOS setup
AGP Pro slot supporting up to AGP 4X
On board CMI 8738 Audio chip to provide 6 channels audio solution supporting optical & SPDIF output
On board 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
Embedded Promise "Lite" IDE RAID controller, provide IDE RAID 0,1 function
Lite only supports a maximum of 2 IDE drives in RAID
Collectivly these features give the SY-K7V its Dragon name.
To find out more about this motherboard including what is listed here please visit the Soyo website
Motherboard Physical Features
As you can see from the photos below the Soyo Dragon follows typical layout patterns that we have all come to enjoy and love. Space around
the processor is pretty tight, though Soyo was nice and provided space between the capacitors for easy heatsink clipping. Plus if you are lucky enough to have a
Alpha PAL8045 there is mounting holes on the motherboard for you. The Dragon comes with a sharp black PCB and purple PCI slots. Not sure what the idea was
behind this though I suspect it to be a crafty marketing ploy.
