What about the Soltek DRV5?

[cyn1k]

the new soltek drv5 based on the kt333 chipset is available for pre-order @ www.ncix.com (a canadian shop) and I plan on ordering one in about 2 weeks.. however I cant seem to find any reviews or anyone mention the board on any forums. Soltek seems to be a pretty good mobo manufacturer based off the good things I heard about the drv2 and drv4 boards, but I'm still a little unsure. I'd preferably get an epox 8k3a+ but I dont know when that's gona be released and I don't want to wait any longer than march 15th

 

[cyn1k]

anyone?

 

[gdawson6]

Go for it! Solteks have always been awesome in my books. My old rig had the DRV2, and it beat out an 8kha+ i had in everything except memory bandwitdth which it lost by a little. The reason it lost in mem. bandwidth is because for some reason my nanya memory could run in ultra with the epox but only normal on soltek...hope they fixed that.

 

[Macro2]

Soleks have been very good. It's there US distributor that I hear hasn't been too great.

 

[ijedi]

I really like the Gigabyte version of VIA's kt333. This is the only kt333 mobo that I have seen that has an integrated lan port. As far as Soltek goes... they are usually great... timely bios and driver updates.... great support site.

Cheers!

 

[ijedi]

Geesh... did they have to put "(NEW)" next to my post...

 

[Salvador]

<< Geesh... did they have to put "(NEW)" next to my post... >>


Heh.. They put new next to all the new posts by any member. LOL!! I think it's funny that you thought AT was singling you out for being a new member.

BTW.. Welcome.

Sal

 

[colonel]

Yeah is very fast mobo the V5, the only problem I found myself is the position the Power connector, my P/S wont reach there, so I stick with the Soltek V2 . Also ckeck the Shuttle GTS 2

 

[SunnyD]

Soltek is apparently the current bench mobo for THG.

There's also a review of the DRV5 at legion hardware I think.

Go find the links yerself... I'm sick.

SunnyD

BTW: The Shuttle AK35GTR rev2.2 isn't available yet.

 

[The Mudman]

I just bought the soltek DRV5, I'm still painting my case so I can't give you any feedback. But I will say that I've heard good enough things to make me purchase it over the epox mb. The soltek comes with a nice software bundle too. 4 or 5 apps like "partion magic", "drive image". Those two programs alone are worth just as much as the board. I'm feeling positve of my choice to go with soltek.

Just my 2 cents

 

[CraigRT]

Soltek rocks.. I got a SL75DRV4 from NCIX.com and it is a fabulous mainboard... painless setup, quick, and stable. overclocks well too so far!

I recommend this board/board maker whole-heartedly as it is a very good price/performance setup... Great products