Introduction:
Today 3DXtreme is taking a look at another AMD64 motherboard, this time around it’s the Soltek SL-K8AV-R. This particular Soltek board is based on the VIA K8T800 chipset and features a more robust HyperTransport than the previously reviewed nVidia Nforce3-150 Motherboard (Soyo CK-8). The SL-K8AV-R features a HyperTransport that is 16-bit wide upstream and downstream and runs at 800 Mhz each way. This gives the VIA K8T800 an effective front side bus speed of 1.6Ghz. So what does this equate to in real world performance? Read on...

The Soltek SL-K8AV-R included everything needed for a smooth installation including some bundled software. Included in the box were 2 x SATA cables, 1 Purple IDE cable, 1 Standard IDE cable (Purple), Floppy Cable (Purple), SATA Power Splitter, Manual, Quick Start Guide, Drivers and typical Soltek bundle which includes PC-Cillian 2004, PowerQuest Partition Magic 6.0 SE, PowerQuest Drive Image 4.0, Virtual Drive 7 and RestoreIT! 3 Lite.

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