Soltek 75DRV5 KT333 Mainboard

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.