As far as overclocking the 75DRV we managed to get the board up to
160MHz without any instability issues. I have heard many not having
much luck getting this board even to this level, so my suggestion
is to get the latest Bios; it's sure to do the trick. Going beyond
this level of course was futile and even changing the voltage settings
didn't help at all. So it's definitely not the best overclocking board
out there, but then again Soltek doesn't seem to be targeting the
overclocking community with this board either.
As for the test results, one can clearly see that the board does not
perform badly at all. It's able to keep up with the rest of the boards
tested, which is quite impressive. The board however if far from perfect.
As we mentioned earlier there are quite a few issues that Soltek needs
to address to make it more appealing to everyone. The DIP switches
are certainly a pain when it comes to overclocking and the placement
of the IDE ports can also pose some trouble to certain users.
As far as features are concerned Soltek don't offer much appealing
features like SOYO and ASUS does, which I hope they do in their future
releases. Adding in a few basic features such as RAID and USB 2.0
will certainly drive more sales since the performance of this board
is not bad at all.
The strong point for the 75DRV lies in its price. This board can
be purchased for around AU$175(~US$87) which makes it one of the cheapest
KT333 boards out there. By compensating on features Soltek have been
able to offer this board at an extremely cheap price.
So if you're currently in the look out for a decent performing board
and not particularly interested in extra options the 75DRV is no doubt
a great board to go for. It's cheap, offers good performance, stability
and overclocks to a decent extent as well.
