Soltek 75KV2 KT133 Motherboard Review

The fruits brought forth from AMD's newest line of processors, namely the Duron and the "Thunderbird", not only delivered excellent performance at a very low price, but also boasted of a tremendous potential for overclocking.

Since the release of these two chips, various benchmarks across the web praise this "dynamic duo" for their ability to overclock at speeds of 50% 60% (and at times more) over the manufacturers rated specification. Thanks to a manual CPU multiplier adjustment present on select motherboards, overclockers have been no less than delighted at what these two processors can accomplish.

However in the initial period prior to the launch of the Duron and "Thunderbird", looking for a motherboard which sports such a multiplier adjustment was rather difficult. Board makers were hesitant as they did not want to provide for any "accidental" damage that overclocking may cause.

However, slowly but surely, main board manufacturers began to incorporate this feature onto their products as a rather substantial demand for it was introduced.

Naturally, Soltek responded by releasing the answer to an overclocker's desire the Soltek 75KV2 X. The KV2 X is the latest model of their already well established Socket A based line of motherboards which started with their Soltek 75KV. Interestingly enough, the phrase "same... yet different" applies very well to Soltek's first Socket A board and the one under scrutiny in this review.

And though the two boards are indeed quite similar, there are three significant additions on the 75KV2 X which were left out on the original 75KV. Let's take a look at the specs and see.