Posted: 1/21/2000
Written by: MotoŽ
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.