Soyo SY-K7V DRAGON Plus!
ESP: $145-160
by Edward Ho

For those of you who have not heard of Soyo, they're currently one of Taiwan's premier motherboard manufacturers. Since it was founded in 1985, Soyo has expanded six subsidiary branch offices located in the U.S.A., Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, Korea and Japan and overseas distribution channels in more than 30 countries. By offering quality motherboards at affordable prices, Soyo has caught a lot of eyes. Soyo's latest venture in the motherboard arena brings us a motherboard based on VIA's latest KT266A chipset, the K7V DRAGON Plus. As tests have shown by various colleagues in the hardware industry, the KT266A is currently the fastest chipset available for the Athlon socketA platform. What did our friends in Taiwan manage to accomplish with this speedy chipset? Read on to find out!