Soyo SY-P4X400 DRAGON Ultra Platinum Edition

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » September 26, 2002, 11:44 pm

If any of you have this MB tell me what you think, it is leading in a tight race as MB for a system I am building.

f you just want to know stats, check out http://www.soyousa.com/products/proddesc.php?id=159 and a review at http://active-hardware.com/english/revi ... -ultra.htm

No Intel/AMD BS, and I don't care about your past experience with MB X from Soyo or Via chipset XYZ. Seeking input on the modern era thx

Anuin · Post by **Anuin** » September 26, 2002, 11:48 pm

I have the Soyo K7 Dragon Plus. Its a nice board, but the PCI slots are horrible, and none of the onboard features work, except sound. I haven't read any of the reviews for the board you speak of, I hope they fixed everything though.

Scotto · Post by **Scotto** » September 27, 2002, 12:33 am

I have the Soyo Dragon(first one w/ the Kt266 chipset) in my old PC and it is rock solid. Overclocks easily. I was thinking about getting the Dragon kt333 plat since the board itself looks so cool. I dont have the cash to buy anytihng for a month or so, and there is no way I am going ot get into the credit card debt hole.

I think I am going to get rid of my Epox 85ka2+ and get the Soyo or the ASUS, and hope that the board and XP start up fine!! I would hate to do another fresh install(this board has caused 2 so far.) 5ka2 sux.

-Scott

Ahmik · Post by **Ahmik** » September 27, 2002, 2:54 am

From talking to some of the guys at school I was going to get a Soyo Dragon until I read this review... http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/0 ... index.html

Now I have decided to get the Gigabyte GA-7VRXP based entirely on 3 seperate review (this is the only review I had saved in favorites).

My last Soyo board was decent - no complaints on quality - I had a AMD K6III 450MHz overclocked to @530 and it ran rock solid for 2+ years

For my newest comp under construction I have so far:
1900+
new 400 watt PS with dual fans, and 10 power leads ( I HATE using "Y" connecters to share power)
2 sticks of 512MB PC2700
Two 80BG Maxtor ATA-133 HD (gonna stripe 'em)
CoolerMaster HCC-001 best score on Toms -- Http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/02q3/02 ... er-15.html
leftover GeForce2 Ti/450 64MB DDR and other assorted used things...

Near as I can tell, you should be satisfied with the Soyo - they're decent. I chose a Gigabyte based on raw scores from the benchmarks tests... and the fact that I have never built on a gigabyte board before.

At any rate - build a machine and enjoy it. If it gives you problems, chalk it up as a learning experience.

Forgive my rambling -- It is another Single Malt Scotch night...

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » September 27, 2002, 1:39 pm

I built a machine last spring. Nothing big because I wanted it to be close to the machine I already had in speed and such. Well, things went decent until we had a lightning storm. I had no clue that you could get a surge through your cable. I had a surge that traveled through my modem, into my router (fried it good), followed the cat5 down to my motherboard and fried only the network connection. I was able to use a pci net card but the machine was never the same.