Is Soyo a Good Type of MB

[Roshan]

Hey guys, I was looking around Newegg and I saw a Soyo MB for $82. I really don't know anything about MB's. I was wondering if you guys could give me any advice on what to buy. This Soyo MB doesn't have USB 2.0, is this very important. I am going to have a total of 512MB DDR PC2700, AMD Athlon XP 2000, 300W PS, a 48x12x48 CD-RW, 16x48xDVD-CD, floppy drive, and a 64 DDR Ti- 4200 VGA. I was wondering in this specific Soyo would be enough to handle it. Are Soyo's good and reliable. Do I need USB 2.0. Please answer these questions.

 

[Agamar]

Well, why don't you give us the model number and we can tell you whether that particular board was a good performer. Soyo has a fairly good track record for boards.

 

[Roshan]

Well here you go; all the specifications including the model number:

Soyo SY-KT333 DRAGON Lite ATX Motherboard Retail
Specifications:
Supported CPU: AMD (Socket-A) AthlonXP, Athlon and Duron processors (up to 2200+)
Chipset: VIA KT333 / 8233A
FSB: 200/266 MHz
RAM: 3x PC2700/1600 -DDR 2.5V DIMM 184 pin Max 3GB
IDE: ATA UDMA 66/100 2 Channel up to 4 devices
Slots: 1x AGP Pro (1x2x4x) and 5 PCI 32 bit slots.
Ports: 2xCOM,2xUSB,2xPS2,1xLPT and audio ports
Onboard Audio: CMI 8738 chip Model#: KTVXBL

 

[Agamar]

That is a pretty good deal for that board. I have a Soyo Dragon + right now and it was almost twice that.

 

[Justus]

The Soyo Dragon Lite motherboard is selling for 67 + 7 shipping at Thompson's (TCWO).