Soyo K7V Dragon+

Buzz · Post by **Buzz** » Mon Dec 10, 2001 5:22 am

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?

chottoED · Post by **chottoED** » Mon Dec 10, 2001 1:13 pm

i love it... look for my review here very very soon

outfits · Post by **outfits** » Wed Dec 12, 2001 2:28 am

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.

Buzz · Post by **Buzz** » Wed Dec 12, 2001 3:21 am

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

chottoED · Post by **chottoED** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 12:26 am

review of the dragon+ will be posted monday! (tomorrow) here on PCA

Buzz · Post by **Buzz** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 7:02 am

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?

chottoED · Post by **chottoED** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 9:06 am

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

Buzz · Post by **Buzz** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 9:13 am

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...?

chottoED · Post by **chottoED** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 9:44 am

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?

chottoED · Post by **chottoED** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 9:46 am

the review is up btw!

Buzz · Post by **Buzz** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 10:05 am

nah... didnt call u outfits... asked like u and outfits at the same time

Where the review at?

blade · Post by **blade** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 10:13 am

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>

dadx2mj · Post by **dadx2mj** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 11:35 am

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

chottoED · Post by **chottoED** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 1:00 pm

happy it helped

Buzz · Post by **Buzz** » Tue Dec 18, 2001 3:05 am

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