Im gonna buy a new mobo tomorrow.(needs to be an 266 board) which one should i pick?

[Tomas]

i found this board that looked nice Asus A7A266 mainboard for Socket A (DDR)
ALI1651, ATA/100, ATX 266mhz FSB

It got both sdram and ddr ram slots but i dunno how it overclocks. Also it got ali chipsette instead of via i dunno if thats better???

Any opinions?? i need an board with either both ddr and sdram or just sdram since i cant affourd new ram yet.

Also i got an 200mhz tbird1.1ghz do u think it will run on 266mhz bus?

[Tachyon]

Tomas (May 10, 2001 11:45 a.m.):
i found this board that looked nice Asus A7A266 mainboard for Socket A (DDR)
ALI1651, ATA/100, ATX 266mhz FSB

It got both sdram and ddr ram slots but i dunno how it overclocks. Also it got ali chipsette instead of via i dunno if thats better???

Unless you plan on replacing the SDRAM you may be better off with a KT133A board

Any opinions?? i need an board with either both ddr and sdram or just sdram since i cant affourd new ram yet.

Also i got an 200mhz tbird1.1ghz do u think it will run on 266mhz bus?


It will run at 266. You will probably have to lower the multiplier.

[Tomas]

but does anyone know if u can adjust the multipilere on this board?

[Tomas]

what about this?? is this good for both oc and stability?? Asus A7V133 Hovedkort for Socket A
- VIAKT133A, ATA/100, RAID, ATX. It does support 266mhz right?? and what about oc thru multipilere?? which one is best this or the one with the ali chipsette?

[Tomas]

Right now i got an abit kt7(non raid) 200mhz bus. But i have had really bad experiense with it. Lots of conflict + lockups and **** and i have even tried replacing cpu. in win2k after 5min in 3dmark2001 it just simply lockups i have tried 2 different gfx card (cardexpert gf2mx golden sample and an tnt2 pro card) same with both just suddently lockup without an reason at all.

And im using my system for video editing + capturing with an capture card and have experiensed lots of lockups, suddently reboots and other similar things. Thats why im buying a new mobo tomorrow. But i dunno if the 266 mhz version of the board is better than the old one. I really need an stable one this time + oc able.

[n2]

i'm having the same dilemma...
going to buy on tuesday, the latest.

what to get is not apparent.
pondering a Soyo that CompUSA has for $150.
i used the socket370 vesion, and found it quite nice.
i have limited experence tho. would really like to be able to make up my mind.

i'm really debating VIA KT133A vs. AMD chipsets
i NEED ATA100 and 266MHZ FSB
i'd like SDRAM support

then theres a question of Mfr.
Abit, Soyo, Asus, and Epox

i have to keep it round $130-$150

for a Duron 700,
RAID is optional totally, i only use one HDD a 30gig 7200 ATA100

[Paul -The Mad Hatter]

the msi k7t is a good board now tha problems are fixed and has tons of tweaks and overcloking tools.

[Tomas]

pauldogg (May 10, 2001 03:49 p.m.):
the msi k7t is a good board now tha problems are fixed and has tons of tweaks and overcloking tools.What about the A version of them?? is them good? and what about the prize?

[Paul -The Mad Hatter]

its about 135 on pricewatch. its called msi k7t266, thers no "a" verison i think.

[The Faceless Rebel]

what, no one has mentioned the Iwill KA266 yet? >(

[Tomas]

i have heard lots of nice reviews about the iwill card but i haven found a damn store that has it here in norway. Most just has abit, msi and asus:(

[Tomas]

i think i have made an decision after reading some reviews im gonna go for the asus a7va (raid) board. Also since i have had bad experience with my abit kt7 card and really god ones with asus on the intel platform.

Thx for all the opinions:)

[Da Whip]

There is no comparison between the Asus A7VA and the Iwill KK266 - R or non raid. Read the posts, reviews, forums and FAQ's the Iwill wins hands down. This MOBO is rock solid and easily O/C'ed. I am sure someone in Scandinavia is selling this board. It would be worth the wait.There are few boards that can let you ru7n FSB at 160 stable, this board can. Do the math.
P.S Pet Peeve, this belongs in the AMD MOBO Section.

[FRANK]

No doubt the IWILL is a great board, read the posts and reviews,. But don't sell the A7V133 short I have a DURON 600 @ 1.1gig (8*137), on this one right now. No problems what so ever. Any KT133A boards from IWILL, ABIT, ASUS, MSI etc for the most part will give you good results

Make sure that you spend some time at the CPU database located on the front page of this site. As has been stressed many times before, you must do a lot of research to insure a successful overclocking experience.

[Tomas]

i have looked everywhere for the iwill without luck:(
I really dont like ordering from a website in usa with credit card and **** also i bet the prize will be high when sending all the way to norway.

[pik33]

I have Soltek SL7KAV. It runs with Duron 750 up to 142..143 MHz,maybe it can run higher - at about 140 MHz problem starts with AGP card and PC100 8ns RAMs... but 8ns@140 MHz... I think it is good and not very expensive board... (it costed for me equivalent of about 130 US$)

[oc jason]

The Iwill has taken it has down, yes the Asus is good, but the Iwill also has the Raid ans the board rules-go Iwill

My 2cents

[FRANK]

A7V133 has RAID as well, I've got two WD 30gig ATA100 7200's set up in a RAID 0 format on my A7V133

[Fjeld]

Hi Thomas!
Please forget everything about that Iwill mobo, just because the Abit KT7a RAID will do the job just the same way! But it all depends on your BIOS tuning and add-on´s!
So to say; stay away from the ASUS V7700 vidcard on this mobo! Not a good combination. ASUS V7700 is of course a great vidcard, anywhere else!
You better try the Cardexpert Pro 400, works exellent!
And you may tweak anything else more or less to the absolute limit with this board!

Jan@Furuset.no

[Wa11y]

Other than Raid capabilities, is there any difference between the IWill KA-266 and the R? I've never overclocked before, but I want to. I was orginally going to get the Asus A7V board, since I heard that board with a Duron is an overclockers wet dream, but then asus started pulling off the dip swiches for the multipliers, and I'm just not feeling manly enough to solder on the dipswitches on a $150 mobo. Call me nancy, but I just can't risk it. So then I wanted to check out the KA-266 since it supports DDR SDRAM, ATA/100, 4xAGP, all the trimmings. But how easy is to overclock with this board? I've been reading up on it for a few months here, but have no hands on experience with it. Would the KA-266 be a good board to go with for simplicity and ease of overclocking? I was going to get a Duron 800, and get it up as high as I could. I understand that overclocking is not idiot proof, but I want my first overclock to go well. I wanna keep all the blue smoke in the processor where it belongs.
If the KA-266 wouldn't be a good board to start with, what would be a good board that is comparable in price and setup? I'd don't plan on using RAID, since I don't understand it, and know nothing about it, and only plan on using one harddrive. Any assistance for an info starving newbie?

[FRANK]

As far as the A7V133, and the A7V for that matter, not having multipliers, that's news to me. I have two with them and I just looked in their website and they are still shown as having them. Although these boards do not support DDR, the A7V133 uses the KT133A chipset with increased FSB support. Now if you're talking about the A7A266, that's a different motherboard altogether, utilizing the ALI chipset and supports both the new DDR as well as PC133. This board doesn't feature multipliers but there is a mod available here;

http://www.geocities.com/a7a266mod/

I too got caught up in the DDR curiosity and picked up the FIC AD11 and have found it to be an acceptable performer with good overclocking potential, I currently have a DURON 600 @ 1104, 8*138. I haven't had much time to tweak or test this combo yet, but it seems to perform at least on par with the A7V133. I will probably get better results when I get to playing with it.

I've upgraded my A7V133 with a new AXIA 1.2 266 @ 1470 out of the box.

From what I've read, the future of the memory platform has yet to be decided. This could possibly mean that anything that you invest in a new motherboard and DDR memory may not be a viable upgrade platform in the future, whereas the long running popularity of PC133 has virtually guaranteed that this standard will be readily available for the foreseeable future.

I would suggest waiting a bit on the DDR boards until the dust settles.

Bottom line, based on my experience. At this time, I would highly recommend the ASUS A7V133 with any DURON / T-BIRD that you feel comfortable with.

[Kramerica]

If you get an Asus A7A mobo, make sure it is the new A7A266A model. Because the former had the multiplier settings locked.

[Angry]

I have had good luck with My kt7a non riad ..note sig....but I need better cooling to get back up there with out frying my tibird...my 2 cents

[Yomama]

Tomas (May 11, 2001 06:21 a.m.):
i have looked everywhere for the iwill without luck:(
I really dont like ordering from a website in usa with credit card and **** also i bet the prize will be high when sending all the way to norway.

How much is the board you are considering? You can get the IWill KK266 board starting at $114 (www.newegg.com). It may be worth it even with expensive shipping.

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[Warlord2]

get the Iwill KA-266 its a awesome mobo I havent had any trouble getting a 1.2 up to 1.5 yet and I used prime95 to see if it was stable and it was!!

DDR is really cheap as well, almost as cheap as sdram

this mobo kicks a** and is rock solid even with the fsb up to 146!!

there are also a lot of bios updates!!

[Warlord2]

Yomama!!

thats a very nice cpu you got there!!!!!!

I wish the Ka-266-r mobo had a fsb that goes to 160!!

does anyone know if a update will come out that will allow it to go that high?