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VIA KT400 Based Mainboard Roundup

Tyan Trinity S2495
Street price: $105

Tyan entered our fray with their Trinity S2495. The Trinity represents the most feature rich board of the bunch and still on the inexpensive side even with all the features it offers. Let’s look at some specs.

Specifications

Processor: Socket A supporting AMD XP/Duron up to 2600+
FSB support: 200/266MHz
Northbridge: VIA KT400
Southbridge: VIA VT8235
Memory: Three DIMM slots official support for DDR 333/266/200. Unofficial support for DDR400. 3 GB max.
On board LAN: VIA VT6103 PHY 10/100 Base-TX Ethernet controller
On board Audio: ALC650 6 Channel AC97 audio CODEC
SPDIF output connector
IDE: Dual IDE channels for ATA133
IDE RAID: High Point 372 (optional) duel channels
Serial ATA: Silicon Image 3112 controller – two ports (optional)
Integrated I/O: One floppy connector, six USB 2.0 ports (four external accesses, two internal), One IrDA connector

AGP: One AGP 8X slot
PCI: Six PCI slots
Form Factor: Standard ATX
POST code 7-segment LED display (optional)

What you get:

The Tyan package includes the Trinity S2495 mainboard, Driver and Utility CD, Installation disks for High Point IDE RAID Driver, SATA RAID Driver, IDE ribbon cables, installation manual, and rear I/O output panel. The Tyan manual was outstanding. It is filled with oversized pictures marked exceeding well, to make installation a breeze. I want to underscore this, the manual is put together THAT GOOD. Fantastic job Tyan!