Abit KT7A or Asus A7V133??

lillazy23

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hey guys, i bet you guys have had this issue alot in here. I want to know which board is better for overclocking, better stability and less problems then the other.

These are the stuff i already bought
AMD 1.2
256 pc133 crucial ram
elsa gladiac gts
sb xgamer

thanks for the help
 

lotust

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the ASUS is a pain to OC. but ther both good.


If I could sell my ASUS for a good $$ I would
 

drjefft

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You'll get more milage out of an Iwill KK266 as it will handle (with a simple BIOS update) the upcoming Palomino CPU. Go here to read the overclockers.com article. Asus simply won't be able to handle the job.

The Iwill KK266 was a favorite at Toms Hardware linktified

Anand Tech review linktified here Anand gave the board a 9.0/10 - the highest I think he has ever rated a MB!

 

Dulanic

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<< You'll get more milage out of an Iwill KK266 as it will handle (with a simple BIOS update) the upcoming Palomino CPU. Go here to read the overclockers.com article. Asus simply won't be able to handle the job. >>



Funny how everyone jumps to conclusions. This is totally incorrect, what he THOUGHT the PDF said was 35A was the max.... NOT true, that is just a demo setup. Both the IWill and Asus are capable of 1.1Vcore, and I have seen people who run 1.4-1.5Ghz on a A7V133... so it can handle atleast that much, and Id bet 1.6Ghz will work fine as well.



<< the ASUS is a pain to OC. but ther both good. >>



Really? Mine is pretty simple, go into the BIOS, change the multiplier, change the FSB and Im done.
 

Tako

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Yep, that was me, I got a 1.2 GHz chip running at 1.5 GHz with 1.85V. Runs like a charm. But anything more it seems to crap out. DOn't know if it's the limit of the CPU or the chipset. For the time being, 1.5GHz MORE than plenty fast. By the time Palomino comes out, I'll probably jump onto a KT266-based system. SO the Palomino compatibility is a moot point, in my situation.

Tako
 

Dulanic

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Your not the only one... Darrin also runs one at 1.5Ghz



<< But anything more it seems to crap out. DOn't know if it's the limit of the CPU or the chipset >>



At 1.5Ghz Im gonna jump the gun and say I think it's the CPU hitting the limit
 

Tako

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Dulanic, no proof here, but that is my feeling as well. Perhaps you can squeeze couple hundred more MHz going the exotic route (sub-zero cooling), but that is way out of my range and probably not practical for a non-hardcore overclocker like myself. Just a plain old Taisol 742 with Delta 28CFM fan.

*Ah, another 1.5 Gigger! Good to know. Seems the cores packaged in 2001 are pretty good. Mine is a week 3, 2001 with BHXA something on it.

Tako
 

copperdude

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Get Abit or Iwill. Both are good and look alike. I have Abit KT7A-RAID and so far I am very pleased with it. Both can carry Palomino in the future and are easy for overclock. Iwill is cheaper, hence has more value.
 

Nikepete

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Abit has a big advantage on the jumperless and softmenu: they own the patent on this technology. Everybody else like MSI, Asus etc. have to use a combination of jumpers and softmenu to get around Abit's patent and this may not work well in all situations (see threads on MSI's problem}. At this point I would give Abit an edge.
 

Dulanic

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<< Abit has a big advantage on the jumperless and softmenu: they own the patent on this technology. Everybody else like MSI, Asus etc. have to use a combination of jumpers and softmenu to get around Abit's patent and this may not work well in all situations (see threads on MSI's problem}. At this point I would give Abit an edge. >>



Really? Asus is totally jumperless too, FSB, Multiplier, Vcore.... plus it has the jumpers, so it has the best of both.
 

gtd2000

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KT7A is cheaper than the ASUS by about US$50 here in HK so I have the Abit - runs very nicely too - but my Duron 700Mhz won't run stable using the 133FSB
 

tpetre4322

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you get em dulanic, dont let em bad mouth the best, look at all the other threads,my epox wont go above 132mhz, my iwill wont give me lower multiplyers, my msi wont boot except at stock settings, my abit raid sucks. these are the only weaknesses of the a7v133, promise raid is lite raid, this can be easily fixed with cbrom extracting r100b24.bin then adding ft100130.bin then flashing modded bios. then you have sripe mirror and span any stripe size you want.weakness number 2 vcore resets to default, all you have to do is pencil in one L7 bridge on the tbird and the duron to max the vcore 1.85, this will now be default.it also gives higher vi/o settings than most for high fsb, this may make the difference with your ram.it only likes the sblive in slot #3.some people were having difculties with geforce and agpx4. this has been fixed in the new bioses. and for the record toms hardwareguide shoot out a7v133 came out on top, of the pack on every bench, now how the hell did it do that with such a weak voltage regulator. huh!to tell youn the truth, i almost got board with the review with a7v133 being at the top all the time ,by some good margines, ohh except mecedes benz truck racing.
 

Dulanic

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<< weakness number 2 vcore resets to default, all you have to do is pencil in one L7 bridge on the tbird and the duron to max the vcore 1.85, this will now be default.it >>



Or just use the Vcore jumpers on the board, thats easier
 

Regalk

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&quot;...my Iwill wont give me lower multiplyers...&quot;
Wrong. The Iwill can go as low as 5.5 multiplier and does not show those problems like the MSI or ABIT in those threads. The only similarity is the 133FSB jumper.
Note on that 133FSB jumper which may influence others to consider the A7V133 or ABIT.
The Iwill when set to 100-132 FSB (via jumper) will use a PCI ratio of /3. Therefore if you just can't get 133 but can make it to 132FSB - big problem. I like running at 133FSB and with my TBird 800 I just could not make that magical 133x7.5 but at 132x7.5 the PCI was clocked at 43!! It runs smoothly at 140x7 however and PCI = /4. This to me is a weakness in these boards since the BX did not have that problem.
 
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