Soyo Dragon KT333 Ultra
 Reviewed by Akimoto, 05.11.02
 Provided by: Soyo USA

Packaging

    As you can see, the board comes packaged in a box that's larger than the standard. It has a plastic handle on top, and has a sturdy interior to protect the board.

    Included aside from the DRAGON Ultra are as follows: 3x ATA/133 IDE cables, a floppy cable, a faceplate, the users manual, a USB "Sigma" drive, an installation CD, and a CD with some bundled software. The Sigma drive has four USB 2.0 ports and includes hardware to mount it in either a 3.5 or a 5.25 drive bay. Included are a pair of clear, rounded cables that attach to headers on the mainboard to connect the Sigma drive. For those who have a side window, this adds to the eye candy value of the DRAGON. This is useful because it doesn't force the user to putz around behind the case. Instead, USB access is as easy as opening a CD-ROM drive, which just makes things faster and easier, and isn't that the very point of upgrading computer components? The software that's bundled with the DRAGON includes Norton Antivirus 2002, Norton Ghost 2002, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe ActiveShare, Acrobat ebook Reader, ImageMore, WinDVD, and Vcom Autosave. A pretty decent package of popular utilities, overall. It's nice to see that Soyo really is concerned about end-user satisfaction; they most definitely don't skimp on the goodies.

 

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