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Immoral_2

11-14-2002, 11:22 PM

I have an Abit KT7A-RAID 10-1.2, and I've been looking around for the cpu speedz that it supports. I have read in some places that it will take Athlon XP's, how high can I go? IF you can add some input plz do....

THX
:D

jmichna

11-14-2002, 11:33 PM

Doesn't look good:
http://fae.abit.com.tw/eng/faq/qa/2001/2001101801.htm :(
Info from Abit FAQ section. The motherboard manufacturer is usually the best source of accurate info for questions like yours.

PS: welcome to Sysopt :t
jmichna

Bigjakkstaffa

11-15-2002, 07:41 AM

Officialy you need the 1.3 revision of the board to run Xp's

unofficially they have been known to work in earlier boards okay

Max you can officially get is the 1.4ghz Tbird

IMO its not really worth it on a KT7a (i have one too) as the lack of DDR support will hold you back a bit -- send a letter to santie clause asking for A new mobo, XP CPU and DDRRAM ;)

--Jakk:t

AllGamer

11-15-2002, 08:14 AM

yeah yeah me agree too

no DDR, is a waste in speed :t

Immoral_2

11-15-2002, 04:53 PM

TY...TY

Thanks for your replies...I picked up a IT7 board a while back and I'm going to hold back and get the processor and RAM for that instead of wasting money on the KT7A...

I agree with you all...without the better/faster memory I would be pissing the money away.

Bigjakkstaffa

11-15-2002, 04:54 PM

Keep hold of the KT7a for any backup systems mind you - IMO its the best SDRAM only board about :D

--Jakk:t

Immoral_2

11-15-2002, 05:06 PM

Dunno...I have a Soyo BA +IV 100 ( think) and it's the most stable board I've ever come across. I have a P3-450 in it now and I use it for storage and what-not. The onboard RAID is a nice component.

Go figure...You install your choice of an OS and it sets up without any hassle whatsoever...why can't they all do that...LMAO...

Immoral_2

11-18-2002, 02:46 AM

I was putting in a new video card Saturday and found out that the board is a 1.3. I'm still faced with the memory limitation. Oh well...

jmichna

11-18-2002, 08:55 AM

Originally posted by Bigjakkstaffa
Keep hold of the KT7a for any backup systems mind you - IMO its the best SDRAM only board about :D

--Jakk:t Jakk...
I think the Asus A7V133 would be at the same level as the KT7a... has the KT133A chipset, runs fine with all three mem slots filled, offers Promise RAID (if you're into that kind of stuff), decent overclocker/tweaker, real solid and dependable, fast too.
jmichna

Immoral_2

11-18-2002, 05:10 PM

Thanks for the recommendation. I'm actually looking at Intel boards now. I have an IT7 Max2, and I'm looking for one more board to complete the set. I do 3D graphics utilizing 3D Studio Max and Lightwave. I have the Intel contender narrowed down.

TY everyone that gave me some input and advice.

Bigjakkstaffa

11-18-2002, 05:13 PM

s'okay

Enjoy whateve ryou dercide upon and post back with any questions :) :t

--Jakk:t