The KT3 Ultra-ARU is about as feature laden as you could want a motherboard to be; the only thing missing is integrated LAN. The KT3 supports DDR333/PC2700 memory and ATA133 drives. Also featured are a Promise PDC20276 ATA133 RAID controller, a diagnostic panel, 6-channel Realtek AL650 integrated audio, a Bluetooth controller, Live BIOS, Fuzzy Logic III and PC Alert III technology.

Well designed and laid out, the board has plenty of room around the CPU socket should you wish to fit a larger cooler, so overclockers will love this board. The Northbridge chipset is also fan cooled, although the power connector is to the left of the CPU fan so it needs some care in routing the power cables.

The two standard IDE channels and the floppy channel are up about mid-height of the motherboard but the positioning of the RAID channels may cause a few headaches to people with tall PC cases, as they are placed towards the bottom of the board.

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The MSI KT3 Ultra ARU is another of those RAID-equipped boards where the RAID controller can be switched to support normal IDE operations, so you don't have to set up raid arrays if you don't want to. Also integrated into the board are four USB2.0 and four USB1.1 ports giving plenty of scope for external drives and memory solutions.

The MSI KT3 Ultra ARU performs well and offers a lot for your money, being the first board to offer both Bluetooth and USB2.0 support in addition to its many other features.