Basic Features and BIOS:

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CPU	Socket-754
Chipset	VIA K8T800 Northbridge VIA 8237 Southbridge
Bus Speeds	200MHz to 300MHz (in 1 MHz increments)
AGP/PCI Speeds	N/A
AGP Voltage Support	Auto, 1.55V to 1.85V (0.05V increments)
DRAM Voltage Support	Auto, 2.55V to 2.80V
Chipset Voltage	N/A
Memory Slots	3 x 184-pin DDR DIMM Slots Support to 3GB DDR 400/333/266
Expansion Slots	1 AGP 8X Slot 5 PCI Slots
Onboard RAID	VIA 8237 supports 2x SATA drives in Raid 0/1 configurations Promise R20378 RAID 0, 1, 0+1
Onboard USB 2.0	8 USB 2.0 supported through VIA8237
Onboard LAN	Marvell 88E8001
Onboard Audio	ADI AD1980 AC?7 6-Channel
Onboard SATA	2x IDE connectors and 2x SATA connectors by VIA 8237 1x IDE connectors and 2x SATA connectors by Promise R20378

Asus uses AMI BIOS for all the tweaks and functionalities that one might need to push the system to its limits. Perhaps one of the features that will intrigue the enthusiast community is the BIOS restore feature. It will allow you to go back to the settings that worked previously, thereby, reducing the hassle to reset the CMOS every time a certain setting didn?t work and results in a system in a non-reboot situation. The BIOS packs in a plethora of features to satisfy any enthusiast who is looking to take advantage of every bit of performance from this board. The apparent problem with KT800 chipset boards is the lack of AGP/PCI lock and the K8V-SE is no different in that regard. Therefore, our hopes for overclocking this board are limited. Another thing to point out of is that the board supports only 2.8v of DRAM voltage, which is yet another setback with the enthusiast crowd. Other than these two setbacks, we found the board to be filled with great features that should satisfy majority of you out there.