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Product Profile : Elitegroup K7S5A |
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| A motherboard for AMD Athlon and Duron processors, based on SiS' recently released 735 chipset. For more information, visit ECS's product page here: http://www.ecsusa.com/k7s5a.cfm |
Performance: 10/10
Pretty darn good. The board not only outperformed the AMD760 and ALi MAGiK chipsets when paired with DDR SDRAM, but outperformed VIA's seasoned KT133A when equipped with PC133. |
Stability: 7/10
The board exhibited reasonable to above average stability. The ACPI functionality appears to still be a bit immature, and the IOMeter test behaved slightly erratically, suggesting that perhaps SiS' integrated IDE controller could still use some tweaking. |
Quality: 8/10
Our past experience with ECS boards indicate that they are of good overall quality, and very excellent quality for their price. |
Features: 7/10
All the necessities are in place, in addition to a couple unexpected extras, such as on-board LAN. Some users will undoubtedly miss on-board IDE RAID and more BIOS functionality. |
Layout: 10/10
No outstanding issues. A clean and clear layout. |
Documentation: 7/10
All connectors and headers are properly documented, and all BIOS settings are adequately described. |
Price: 10/10
At around $100 on average, and as low as $70 at some on-line shops, it's very difficult to go wrong. |
Overall Rating: 8/10
Reasonable is the name of the game. Light on goodies, light on the wallet. Not for the power user, but a good choice for the low- to mid-range user who still demands top notch performance. |
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