Soyo SY-K7VTA Socket-A KT133 ATX

The Test

In recent times, choosing a motherboard cannot be completely determined by a Winstone score. Now, many boards come within one Winstone point of each other and therefore the need to benchmark boards against each other falls. Therefore you should not base your decision entirely on the benchmarks you see here, but also on the technical features and advantages of this particular board, seeing as that will probably make the greatest difference in your overall experience.

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Final Words

Compared to other Socket-A motherboards we have reviewed, the performance of the Soyo SY-K7VTA is not overly surprising.  It has everything that a basic Socket-A motherboard should have, so for users who want a Thunderbird or Duron system with “normal” features, SY-K7VTA is definitely a good choice.  However, for users who want more tweaking power, for example more FSB settings, multiplier tweaking, RAID, ATA100 support, etc. may want to look somewhere else for a motherboard that can satisfy them.