Tweak3D heeft eens gekeken naar het Iwill KK266 Socket A moederbord, gebaseerd op VIA's KT133A chipset. Het bordje maakt gebruik van de relaxte 1/6/1 (AGP/PCI/ISA) layout, ondersteunt ATA-100 en is uitgerust met een C-Media CMI8378 4.1 audiochip. Een ander sterk punt van de KK266 is de BIOS, alwaar alle benodigde overklok-opties te bedienen zijn. Het plankje is dan ook erg goed te tweaken, zelfs een busspeed van 165MHz bleek haalbaar! De reviewer kon zijn Athlon stabiel op 1377MHz (145 x 9.5) draaien.
Net als de vorige review dus wederom erg goede ervaringen met dit KT133A plankje van Iwill. Hieronder heb je een hap de conclusie, de rest lees je hier.
Iwill has definitely taken us on one heck of a ride. I don’t think I was disappointed with anything other than that this wasn’t the RAID version of the board I was reviewing hehe. Iwill has definitely made a good impression with their KT133A release and I wouldn’t be surprised if the KK266-R was an equal boom. I definitely can’t wait to get my hands on that one.
Currently, there are only a handful of KT133A based boards out there and from the looks of things; Iwill has one of the best packages out there right now. I was looking at Asus’ A7V133 offering yesterday and they seem to be taking some ideas from Abit -- fan on the north bridge.
Iwill has definitely produced a winner with the KK266. It’s loaded with features, it’s extremely overclocking friendly, it supports new unreleased CPU’s, and comes packaged to take a beating. From the first moment to the last moment, you’ll definitely have a fun and learning experience with the KK266. The most important thing though, is its performance. It obviously beat our A7V reference platform in every test and if I had the KK266-R on hand, I’d use it for my main machine instantly. For those of you though, that don’t require RAID, those extra IDE channels or simply go instant SCSI, the KK266 is a board I’d lay down my money for.
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