I was very excited to get my hands on this product, because at that time the 440BX had already been available for quite a while and was lacking some of the features the Apollo 133 brought to the table. The AV61 has been through a few revisions and has evolved into the board we are looking at today, the AV14. The VIA chipset has also been through a few revisions which has increased performance and compatibility. So, the evolution of the board along with the maturity of the chipset may yield a very good product. As long as the feature set, compatibility, stability and overclocking options are all competitive with similar products, Shuttle should have a winner on it's hands.
Lets jump right in and find out.
Winbond W83783 CPU Temp. Also be sure to take a good look at the close up shot of this board. There were some design decisions made with regards to the layout that we don't necessarily agree with. Also, connector placement may displease a few users. We'll go more in depth on that topic a little later.