Six Athlon Boards With The KT600 Chipset

QDI KuDoz 7X/600: Spartan For OEMs

Board-Revision 1.0(S1.2)

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Nothing new: The packaging from OEM supplier QDI

ATX connection strip

No other candidate in this test has few features and not many accessories.

The KuDoz 7X/600 has a sound and network chip only - the board still sports the old VIA Southbridge (VT8235). The fact that the OEM business demands more by way of stability and less of performance is shown by the board's conceptual design: A two-phase voltage regulator of the old construction is all there is supplying power to the Athlon XP. Don't look for features like Serial ATA or FireWire either - the Northbridge is passively cooled. For all that, the user has six PCI slots to play with.

The board is delivered with two slot panels for digital audio (SP/DIF) and four additional USB 2 ports. There's also an ATX panel, software on CD and IDE cables. There are no color-coded connections - who needs them in this market segment? QDI should instead offer the boards to OEM customers and serious price cutters for well under $55 (€50)- depending on order volumes and scale.