Review: Abit KT7A-RAID
Introduction Next up in our Socket A reviews, we have the Abit KT7A-RAID. It is based upon the VIA KT133A chipset and the revision of our sample is 1.1. Four revisions of the KT7A(-RAID) exist (1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3), of which only revision 1.3 is compatible with the Athlon...
Review: Asus A7V266-E
Introduction The first Socket A mainboard we will take a look upon, is the Asus A7V266-E. This board was relatively common among VIA KT266A based motherboards and generally highly regarded. There are 4 models of the A7V266 (in ATX format) out there, which differentiate as follows: A7V266 First Edition, based...
Review: EpoX EP-8KHAL+
Introduction The 8KHAL+ was a very affordable KT266A board. Compared to EpoX' flagship KT266A offering, the 8KHA+, it has only five PCI slots, lacks the POST code display and features only a 2-phase CPU VRM. Despite the fact, that the 8KHAL+ was a product that was clearly aimed towards the...
Review: MSI K7 Master (MS-6341)
Introduction MSI's K7 Master is a AMD 760 based motherboard, that is clearly targeted towards workstation users. In the -S variant, it features an onboard U160 SCSI Adaptec chip and both the Master and the Master-S offer an AGP Pro port with an additional 4-pin 12 V power connector. On...
Review: MSI K7T Turbo2
Introduction The K7T Turbo was the final iteration of MSI's line of KT133A offerings. There are aspects to it, that make it an interesting choice for a retro build. Firstly, there is a 4-pin 12V power connector on the board, with which you can supply power to the CPU. This...
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REVIEWS: Classic hardware revisited, reviewed and evaluated with today's knowledge of things.
Welcome to RETROHARDWARE-REVIEWS!
I spent the past ten months creating this place as well as enough content for the launch and decided to go live now, even though the content is only at ~95% of what I planned it to be for the start. But my promised, extended launch date was January of 2023, and I don't want to wait any longer.
For now, the reviews found here are limited to Socket A motherboards. For the future, you can expect a neverending stream of hardware (primarily graphics cards) that I collected in over 20 years. The main focus will be hardware from ~1997 to ~2007 and I can promise reviews of rare and interesting stuff and excessive comparisons and benchmarks, which weren't done in this kind of way yet.