After reviewing the FIC SD11, one of the largest motherboards I’ve ever seen, I was surprised to find that the Asus K7V is exactly the same size (12”x9.6”). Although their proportions are equal, the Asus K7V does not have the sense of barren waste that you find on the SD11. In fact, the Asus K7V actually makes use of most of the space, with 1 AGP Pro, 5 PCI and 1 AMR slot, along with a huge row of capacitors and integrated AC ’97 (or optional Aureal 3D) sound. The K7V also features 3 DIMM slots, supporting PC100, PC133 and VCM133 memory formats.

Asus has gone with a very innovative design for the K7V, and offers full system control either through a soft BIOS setup or by using hardware jumpers. Most motherboards offer system setup through either the BIOS, hardware jumpers, or by using a combination of both, but the Asus K7V actually duplicates many of the tweaking options in both software and hardware. Which way you want to use the K7V is up to the individual user.