De mannen van The Tech Zone hebben een review in elkaar gedraaid van het DFI AD70-SR moederbord. Deze plank is gebaseerd op VIA's KT266A chipset en wordt vergezeld door een Promise 20265R RAID controller. Verder vind je er één AGP sleuf, vijf PCI sloten en drie DDR geheugenbanken. Het voltage over de core kan in de BIOS worden ingesteld in stapjes van 0,05V tot aan 1,85V. Ook de FSB is wat te tweaken, namelijk in stapjes van 1MHz tot aan de 200MHz. Het bord is erg stabiel en ook de performance is uitstekend. De enige twee minpuntjes zijn de slechte plaatsing van de ATX connector en het gebruik van dipswitches om de multiplier in te stellen. Al met al scoort de DFI AD70-SR een 8,5. Hieronder een hap uit de conclusie:
There's not alot bad I can say about this board. The DFI AD70-SR performs very well utilizing the new KT266A chipset, a chipset that at least for the moment, is the best performing chipset available for the SocketA Platform. The board supports overclocking features, and seems stable to at least 150FSB. Onboard RAID is also a nice touch.
The overall component quality isnt up to the standard of a board like Abit's KG7-RAID. Simply taking a look at the value's of the capacitors used in the power bridges of the boards respectively shows that, but I couldn't turn up anything stability-wise that was inferior with the DFI either.
A board like the KG7-RAID that I compared this board to, will certainly have more appeal to the hardcore tweakers among you, with it's veritable multitude of tweaks, and the nicities of Abit's Softmenu for overclocking.
The DFI does have most of the important features however, overclocks extremely well, is very stable, and as of this writing is a very decent value (searching Pricewatch, you can find this board for $109, with the KG7-RAID hovering in the $130-140 range). I see no reason why you shouldnt have DFI's excellent AD70SR on your Christmas wish list!
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