is this a good Motherboard?

KF4ODQ · 08-05-2005, 01:29 AM

i just purchased this MB on ebay, itwas at a good price compared to what others were selling it for, it is a COMMELL LV-667T w/ VIA C3 1.00GHz CPU basicly the same VIA chipset, i did a search for it here and nothing came up, it has the HDTV option on board and suppose to output full HDTV at1080i/720p and i also wanted a board that if i got tried of using in car that i could make HTPC with, which i should do anyway being i watch more TV than drive,

thanks ken

JaymzRR · 08-05-2005, 01:46 AM

When it comes to almost all computer parts I stick name brand. People earn their reputation for a reason, and also you get what you pay for (not sure what you payed). Since the Mobo is really one of the most critical pieces of hardware I never skimp there.

LagunaICE · 08-05-2005, 01:53 AM

lucky you. How much was it?

KF4ODQ · 08-05-2005, 07:10 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by LagunaICE

lucky you. How much was it?

everywhere else i looked the board was around $280 and i paided $186.00 here is some info on it, it seems to be VIA CN400 chip-

COMMELL's LV-667 is based on VIA C3 (VIA Eden CPU option), supports for up to 1GB of DDR 400/333/266 SDRAM with the acclaimed FastStream64 memory controoler, and high speed Ultra-Link interface for a 1GB/s connection to VIA 's feature-leading South Bridge options. integrating the S3 Graphics UniChrome Pro IGP graphics core, the LV-667 leverages the advanced hardware MPEG-2 and MPEG -4 acceleration features on all display type from CRT and LCD screens to standard definition TV anf HDTVs.

Through the onboard VT8237 South Bridge, the LV-667 offers a comprehensive rang of interacted storage, multimedia and connectivity option, including Serial ATA , UltraDMA IDE, USB 2.0, 2 x 10/100Mbps LAN , 4 x COM , 3 x IEEE1394 and V-RAID with support for RAID configurations , The board also support for 6 channel AC97 Audio and DVI or HDTV Interface , also offers LVDS Interface from Mini-AGP slot. Additionally, LV-667 is also equipped with Compactflash for easily using Solid State Disk.

also this is a new item not used, the ebay seller seems to be OK, we will see, and he also has more for sell, if you go to egay and search for CN400 LV-667T it should come up, not sure about posting links,
i will just have to see if it works out ok, i sure hope so,
thanks ken

KF4ODQ · 08-09-2005, 01:33 PM

well i received the MB today, just as the seller on ebay said, so he seems to be a honest seller,

ken