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Soyo K7V Dragon+
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2001 5:22 am
by Buzz
I'm finally going AMD myself
Have already 512MB of Crucial on my desk and the Dragon+ and XP 1600+ is on it's way.
Anyone here have the Dragon+? You like it i hope?
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2001 1:13 pm
by chottoED
i love it... look for my review here very very soon
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2001 2:28 am
by outfits
Mines been running for 24 hours so far and it smokes. I tried an MSI 6380 Pro 2 but had nothing but problems that only got worse. I run RC5 so system is on 24/7 @ 99% CPU, my keyrate is 2.2 times
faster than my P111 @ 800.
Its about the same as yours XP1600, 512 Crucial (another 256 on the way from Best Buy hot deal) Asus6800. Case sorta looks empty just my Vid and a capture card, useing
the onboard sound and lan. Front USB is nice too, I think you'll be happy with it.
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2001 3:21 am
by Buzz
yup!! all those features really turned me on... especially the front USB option, and all the other goodies
Hope i'll get it soon though.... my gf is going home to her parents for xmas, and i'll be here all by myself for some days... would be nice to have something to play with
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2001 12:26 am
by chottoED
review of the dragon+ will be posted monday! (tomorrow) here on PCA
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2001 7:02 am
by Buzz
I got my board now
Havent tried it yet... but I'm a bit vorried cuz i got "the old" version with the sticker...
Wich version did u get
chottoED/outfits ??
Is your board running ok?
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2001 9:06 am
by chottoED
what do you mean? didn't know there was different versions...
well... i was sent this board a less than 30 days ago...
runs GREAT
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2001 9:13 am
by Buzz
One version is the original dragon board (the one made for KT266) just that they put the KT266A chipset on it, and placed a "Dragon Plus !" sticker over the "Dragon" silkscreen on the mobo.
The new version looks the same, but theyre using two larger caps near the cpu socket, and an extra cap near dimm1, and the "Dragon plus!" is silkscreened onto the mobo itself...oh, and with the new version u get the 8in1 cd ver. 3.0 instead of 2.0. Newer Ghost...
Look at pics at socketa.com and amdmb.com. Both sites ha reviews of the board, but they have different versions...
Pretty sure u also have the "old" version then..
But if the board runs great... i guess its nothing to rant about...?
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2001 9:44 am
by chottoED
yeah i guess i did get the "older" version...
but they should run the same...
i love my DRAGON....
ummm question... why'd u call me outfits?
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2001 9:46 am
by chottoED
the review is up btw!
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2001 10:05 am
by Buzz
nah... didnt call u outfits... asked like u and outfits at the same time
Where the review at?
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2001 10:13 am
by blade
Like he said, on da pca main page at
http://www.pcabusers.com 
Or for the perinially lazy <a href="
http://www.pcabusers.com/reviews/dragon/d.html">Enter the Dragon!</a>
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2001 11:35 am
by dadx2mj
Nice review think I have changed my mind on my upcoming upgrade think I'll pony up a few more $$$ and go for the Dragon+ instead of the Shuttle AK31
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2001 1:00 pm
by chottoED
happy it helped
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2001 3:05 am
by Buzz
Well i slapped it inside my case and fired it up
a ok!!
Installed Win2k... no probs... took a while though. Dunno if the smartcard reader is workin though...
Everything else seems fine. Great mobo so far