Posted: 1/21/2000
Written by: MotoŽ
Price: $149.00 (Low price
here)
Supplied by:
MSI
The MSI K7T Pro 2-A is a socket A motherboard based on VIA
KT133 chipset, which allows 100Mhz FSB speed. On the board, it features 6 PCI, 1
AMR, 3 DIMM slots, and a 4x AGP slot. In addition, the board supports UDMA 100,
and comes with onboard AC'97 sound.
To keep cost down on the K7T Pro 2-A,
MSI used the VIA KT133 chipset instead of the newer KT133A chipset. Being the
only difference between the KT133 and the KT133A is the 133A's ability to run
CPU's at 133MHz bus and higher, the performance increase may not justify the
price. Aside from that one missing item, the K7T has all the goodies we have
come to expect from MSI.
The K7T Pro 2-A is as jumperless A
motherboard as you can get. Nearly everything is controlled by the BIOS. There
are only two actual jumpers. One for clearing the CMOS data and the other
for choosing which language (Chinese or English) you want the diagnostics to be
spoken in. The K7T Pro 2A is also one for the very few
motherboards on the market which let you adjust the multiplier in the BIOS. This
feature is useless unless you have an unlocked Duron or Thunderbird CPU.
However, unlocking one of these processors is pretty easy to do.
With net vendors selling the K7T Pro 2-A
for as low as $110, this Socket motherboard is an amazing value given all the
features offered. You'll be hard pressed to find another motherboard from any
manufacturers offering this much stuff for so little.
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