Asetek WaterChill Power CPU/VGA/Chipset cooling Kit KT12AT-12VX

Advantages: If you have a socket 478 CPU and want to use OSx86, this is thee board for you!
Disadvantages: Features not utilised to full potential with windows...

...X VGA - Integrated Intel Media Accelerator 900 in Intel 915GL chipset, capable of supporting DirectX 9.0 related application - Dynamic Vedio Shared Memory Max. 192MB Audio - Realtek ALC850 8 channel AC'97 audio codec LAN - Realtek RTL8100C PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet controller - 802.3u, WOL supported Connector - 4 x Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s connectors - 1 x ATA100/66 IDE connectors ( supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - CPU/Chassis FAN connectors - 20 pin ATX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - CD audio in header - Front panel audio connector - 2 x USB 2.0 header (to support 4 USB2.0 ports) - 1x COM port header Rear Panel I/O ASRock 8CH I/O Plus - 4 x USB2.0 ports - 1 x RJ45 LAN port - 1 x VGA port - 1 x PS2 Keyboard connector - 1 x PS2 Mouse connectors - 1 x Parallel port (LPT1) - 1 x 8 channel Audio ports... Read review

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Advantages: 133MHz FSB support, 1/2 AGP divider, stable, inexpensive
Disadvantages: Performance not up to overclocked BX solution

...I would like to share my experiences of the Abit VT6X4 slot 1 motherboard and its VIA Apollo Pro 133A chipset. In the past I have always used boards with an Intel chipset in my own machines. As my PC is important for work and study as well as for play, stability has always been an influencing factor. With the VT6X4, Abit have implemented stability in the VIA chipset. The CPU I am using is a Slot 1 Intel Pentium 3 733MHz (133MHz FSB) chip, which I picked up second hand very inexpensively as an upgrade to my Celeron 366 (overclocked to 550). The P3 is a fast and stable chip - it runs pretty cool for a 733MHz CPU. The VIA chipset is not the fastest solution available; those who lust for those extra frames per second in Quake 3 should consider an overclocked Intel BX chipset solution - the BX chipset doesn't support a 1/2 AGP divider... Read review

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Advantages: Very stable MoBo, built in ATI Graphics, reasonably priced.
Disadvantages: No SLI

...I purchased the RS482M4-ILD motherboard on 10th November 2005. The board arrived complete with a variety of cables. The board was well packaged and looks quite robust. For a review with all pictures search for MSI RS482M4-ILD review .This board is based on the RADEON 200 chipset. It includes on board Video. What you get in the box:Amongst the cables there is a SATA power cable and a SATA motherboard to disk cable. You also get 1 IDE and 1 Floppy cables. There is a Serial port via ribbon cable, TV S-Video and SPDIF connectors and 8channel sound via another cable. MSI provide software that includes a utility for checking all the updates available for your motherboard. This works well and it will inform you if your software is current or not. You can select all the updates that you want. Fitting the motherboard to your ATX case... Read review

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