MagicPro MP-K7V-400A Motherboard Review

VIA's second attempt at a 333MHz FSB AthlonXP chipset, known as the KT400A, is a good one even though it is a little too late to make a difference. If the KT400A chipset had been released when the KT400 came out last year, the AMD chipset market would certainly look quite different than it does right now under the auspices of nVidia's nForce2. Of course, VIA's KT400A chipset wasn't released at the best of time, and now it seems as though it has firmly secured its position as the black sheep of the AMD chipset family. On top of that, with the recent announcement of the VIA KT600 chipset it certainly looks as though VIA have set the KT400A up to fail. The only positive aspect out of all of this is that VIA's KT400A chipset commands a very economical price tag. And so, today we're going to be testing the bright purple Magic Pro MP-K7V-400A mainboard which should appeal to budget minded consumers. Have Magic Pro, a name synonymous with inexpensive computer components been able to present a KT400A based motherboard attractive to the end user? Let's find out!