KR7A-Raid OVERCLOCKED !

[acidpad]

hey guys, i got my kr7a-raid today, and the first thing i did was oc it to the max.
my rig is as follows:

1.33 tbird (ayhja)
abit kr7a-raid
thermalright sk-6 w/ delta fan HSF
300w deer power supply
2x60 gb IBM 60 gxp (raid 0)
1 maxtor 30 gig 7200 rpm drive
audigy platinum
dvd and cdrw
linksys lne100tx nic
asus v7700 deluxe (Geforce2 GTS)
ESS 56k modem


i am running perfectly stable right not at an FSB of 188. i had it up to 195, but i was leering about adding more voltage to make it stable there, or at 190 for that matter. i may endup upping the voltage, but its blazing fast right now. in the bios i have it set to a 1/4th divider, but i have a feeling that the pci bus is NOT running at 47 mhz, im not sure if they implemented an automatic 1/5 or 1/6 divider, but its running beautifully. the raid runs perfect too, and my array from my abit kt7a-raid runs fine on this one. this is an awesome board and is well worth the money. good luck gettiing one tho.

 

[j@cko]

WOW...... Drool....
Could you post some benchies?

 

[j@cko]

Did you check the PCI frequency in Sandra? It might be able to tell what PCI is at... (I am not sure if they fix the bug in the latest version, which doesn't tell the correct PCI frequency)

 

[acidpad]

i tried looking, but i just dont see it in there anywhere. if you know where its at tell me and i will post it

 

[j@cko]

I think it's under the "motherboard info" one. (at least that's where the older version had)

 

[Insane3D]

What memory are you using, and what voltage is it at. Also, post some benches or screen shots...

 

[acidpad]

well theres nothing there for the PCI bus, but it says that the USB bus speed is 48 mhz, 1 mhz more than 1/4 of 188, maybe it is only running a 1/4 divider, either way it doesnt matter, its working what ever its doing.... on the other hand it could just be a sandra quirk, who knows.

 

[j@cko]

do you have the latest version of SiSoft Sandra?
If not you can download it here. It does have the PCI info.. I just downloaded it and checked.
I'll post the screen shot.Download here

 

[j@cko]

Here.. or you might have to cut and paste.

http://www.geocities.com/jackc20_00/SS.JPG

 

[acidpad]

ok i need to reboot to get that to load, but first ill post a few benchmarks (screen shots)
www.geocities.com/acidpad/cpu1.jpg

 

[j@cko]

the link doesn't work dude.

 

[acidpad]

nevermind that link, it screwed up, ill post it in a second

 

[acidpad]

there, that link is now active www.geocities.com/acidpad/cpu1.jpg

 

[acidpad]

check out these memory scores
http://www.geocities.com/acidpad/memory.jpg

 

[acidpad]

www.geocities.com/acidpad/cpu2.jpg multimedia cpu benchmark

the ram i use has micron chips ... it is generic pc2100 256 mb ....

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Have you had a chance to check hte PCI speed/divider again yet?



Mike

 

[acidpad]

i have sandra 811 on my machine, but when i go there it simply does not list the bus speed or the multiplier :-/ i am re downloading it, maybe they made some small revision and called it the same file name, ill let you all know soon.

 

[Insane3D]

I would have to say the PCI divisor is working @ that speed because there is no way those 60GXP's would take a PCI speed in the high 40's.... unless your using a TX2 card...

 

[Gomce]

I have Gigabyte GA-7VTXE KT266A mobo
I run it at 138 mhz fsb (ddr x 2) and a 1.4 tbird @ 1.44

my sandra mem scores are ALU/FPU 800/1016

Cas 2
1T

 

[Grendel99]

Sweet! I just read the review of this board on HardOCP and they couldn't get over 150 FSB? I'm torn between this Abit board and the EpoX. BtW when does the 8KHA2 come out? Do they make a version of the KR7A without raid? How easy is it to come buy online?

 

[j@cko]

<< I would have to say the PCI divisor is working @ that speed because there is no way those 60GXP's would take a PCI speed in the high 40's.... unless your using a TX2 card... >>



What's a TX2 card?

 

[Koch]

it is promise's new raid card that runs off of a 66MHz PCI bus

 

[j@cko]

<< Sweet! I just read the review of this board on HardOCP and they couldn't get over 150 FSB? I'm torn between this Abit board and the EpoX. BtW when does the 8KHA2 come out? Do they make a version of the KR7A without raid? How easy is it to come buy online? >>



Yes, they do have a None-RAID version of KR7A. 8KHA+ should be out by the end of December. KR7a should become quite widely available by the mid of Dec.

 

[j@cko]

could you run some memory benchies with 811 Sandra (the latest one)??

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

what will the 8kha2 be?