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  • ABIT IT7 I845E Motherboard

    2 May 2002, 00:00

    ABIT, the Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer, recently announced their MAX series of 'boards. The MAX-based motherboards, starting initially with the AT7 (AMD KT333CE chipset-based) and IT7 (Intel I845E chipset-based) aim to ...

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  • AMD 760MPX Chipset Overview

    1 May 2002, 00:00

    Chipset support for multi processor systems is one thing but the CPU also needs to have certain features present before it can be used with a supporting chipset. To take ...

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  • DFI NB70-SC

    1 May 2002, 00:00

    The keywords for this board when you are thinking about purchasing it are stability and high out of the box performance.

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  • EPoX 8K3A

    14 April 2002, 00:00

    So what is the EPoX 8K3A like in practise after all the benchmarks are run and all the talk about KT333 is over? It's one of the most stable boards ...

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  • Asus A7V266-E RAID Motherboard

    14 April 2002, 00:00

    We feel that Asus have done a pretty good job with the A7V266-E. It's well presented, has a multitude of features and is a champion in the stability stakes. The ...

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  • Epox SiS 645 4SDA

    8 April 2002, 00:00

    The Epox 4SDA is rather barren on the features front. We didn't have RAID (athough the 4SDA+ does), decent on-board sound or additional features such as USB 2.0. We can ...

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  • MSI SiS 645 Ultra

    3 April 2002, 00:00

    The pricing of the 645 Ultra is keen, too. We've been scouring the online retailing community and have seen it as low as £76, an excellent price for such a ...

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  • ABIT TH7-II

    3 April 2002, 00:00

    I have been extremely impressed with the Abit TH7-II throughout testing, it has not failed once, and stability has been excellent. Despite pushing the limits of my CPU, and constantly ...

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  • MSI KT3 Ultra ARU

    13 March 2002, 00:00

    We at Hexus like to see just how far we can push our kit. MSI, historically, have not paid too much attention to the overclocking community. This seems to have ...

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  • Shuttle AK-31

    13 March 2002, 00:00

    I noted recently how the tide of products we've looked at here at Hexus had become distinctly Intel dominated with boards and processor keeping us busy. Well it seems the ...

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  • ABIT NV7M

    5 March 2002, 00:00

    Performance using the GF3 in the AGP slot was excellent and the best we've seen from a Socket A AMD system using this processor however I can't see a GF3 ...

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  • IWill XP333-R

    26 February 2002, 00:00

    While focus on VIA's chipset rightfully draws attention with VIA being the main chipset supplier for AMD based systems, we shouldn't forget that another chipset has supported DDR333 memory for ...

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  • Soyo Dragon Plus First Look

    21 February 2002, 00:00

    The updated Dragon with the KT266A Northbridge is an excellent performer stuffed full of features and from this first look we have high hopes for the concluding part of the ...

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  • Shuttle AV40

    11 January 2002, 00:00

    So what do we think of the P4X266 compared to Intel's official DDR chipset and have Shuttle done the chipset justice? The chipset performs on a par with or even ...

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  • Soyo SY-K7V Dragon

    11 January 2002, 00:00

    The concept of 'designer' hardware seems to have sprung up fairly recently due to the increasing popularity of the case modification scene. Personal Computers have long since passed being the ...

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  • ABIT KR7A-RAID

    7 January 2002, 00:00

    Overall it was a pleasure to use, but nothing special, except in the performance. It seems like the extra time spent by Abit has paid off, not in feature count ...

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  • MSI 845 Ultra ARU

    23 December 2001, 00:00

    MSI has taken the chipset and ran with it on this motherboard. New technologies, especially USB 2.0, are a welcome inclusion and ATA133 RAID will keep some people happy who ...

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  • MSI 845i Pro2

    17 December 2001, 00:00

    Overall it\'s another great effort from MSI. It\'s the best i845 board we\'ve seen as yet and since there are no more on the pile at Hexus it\'s the board ...

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  • DFI NB72-SR

    16 December 2001, 00:00

    Overall the feature set is fine and I'm a fan of the ICH2 AC'97 audio provided by the board. Unremarkable performance but extremely solid are the keywords to describe things ...

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  • Asus P4B

    13 December 2001, 00:00

    use with them. We now have SiS and their SiS645 DDR333 chipset, VIA with P4X266 and P4X266A and Intel with i850 (RAMBUS) and i845 and i845D (SDR and DDR)

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  • MSI nForce Motherboard

    11 December 2001, 00:00

    With nForce having been around for a little while but not in serious quantity, we were eager to get our hands on a board. MSI were happy to oblige with ...

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  • Gigabyte GA-7VTXH

    30 November 2001, 00:00

    I eventually decided on an Athlon XP system (I’ve tried a P4 system and although impressed by the whole package found that’s it’s def one for the future and worth ...

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  • Asus P4T-E

    23 November 2001, 00:00

    At the end of my first ever i850 chipset board review I hoped that I'd see more boards soon since I enjoyed using the platform and had a lot of ...

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  • ABIT KG7 RAID

    21 September 2001, 00:00

    It seems that Abit have entered this class of motherboard market later than the others. Epox have had its 8K7A and 8K7A+ boards out for a while and Asus with ...

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  • IWill DVD266-R & Chenbro 9891

    23 June 2001, 00:00

    I still feel the sad loss at the passing of my Abit BP6... Will there ever be another truly great board? And why did I not replace it straight away ...

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  • Epox 8K7A+

    3 June 2001, 00:00

    This new Epox DDR socket A motherboard promises a lot, using an AMD 761 Northbridge, Via 686B Southbridge and incorporating a Highpoint RAID controller, along with full FSB and multiplier ...

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  • Soltek SL-75KAV

    20 May 2001, 00:00

    Soltek SL-75KAV

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  • ABIT KT7E

    17 May 2001, 00:00

    So what is special about this motherboard? Well after a heated discussion in a bar in Germany with some of our close friends from the net nation, we worked it ...

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  • ABIT KT7A

    13 May 2001, 00:00

    I recently got one of Abit's current socket A motherboards, from past experience with the Abit KT7 RAID the previous version I knew I was in for a treat, Abit ...

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  • Iwill KK266-R

    16 February 2001, 00:00

    Following up the original KT133 chipset from Via was never going to be an easy task in the Socket A market as it has been from the outset about the ...

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  • AMD Athlon 1.2GHz and AMD 760 DDR chipset

    11 February 2001, 00:00

    This all started with the Athlon, where people could simply modify the CPU and change the multiplier, enabling users to have much faster systems for a lot less cash...

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  • Epox EP-6VBA2

    29 December 2000, 00:00

    Epox is establishing itself with a reputation for manufacturing stable motherboards based on non-Intel Chipsets. Their EP-MVP3G2 and G5 motherboards are one of the best Super 7 motherboards supporting the ...

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  • ABIT VP6 Followup

    14 December 2000, 00:00

    Now that we've had a chance to look more closely at the VP6, we thought it would be wise to do a follow up article and go a bit more ...

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