Athlon Motherboard Roundup - March 2000
by Anand Lal Shimpi on March 27, 2000 12:27 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
ASUS K7M
|
Motherboard Specifications |
|
| CPU Interface |
Slot-A
|
| Chipset |
AMD 751 North Bridge
VIA 686A South Bridge |
| L2 Cache |
N/A (on-chip)
|
| Form Factor |
ATX
|
| Bus Speeds |
90 / 95 / 100 - 125 (in 1MHz
increments)
133 / 140 / 150 |
| Voltages Supported |
1.30v - 2.05v (in 0.05v increments)
|
| Memory Slots |
3 168-pin DIMM Slots
|
| Expansion Slots |
1 AMR Slot
1 AGP Slot 5 PCI Slots (5 Full Length) 1 ISA Slot (1 Shared / 1 Full Length) |
| AC'97 |
Analog Devices 1881
|
| BIOS |
AMIBIOS
|
The K7M is one of the most popular Athlon motherboards on the market today. While it is based on the older AMD 750 chipset, its support for overclocked FSB settings, as well as the well-trusted ASUS name, make it a very popular solution.
ASUS has only recently started publicizing the board, but unfortunately, they started doing so very close to the release of the KX133 chipset, which means that the interest in this board has definitely died down.
There is no real reason to opt for the K7M over a newer KX133 board, especially at this point in time. Even if you can’t find the KX133 board you want, you’re better off waiting than picking up a board based on the older AMD 750 solution.
ASUS K7M-RMThe K7M-RM is the microATX version of the K7M and should perform identically to its larger brother in terms of speed as well as stability.
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