Motherboard Question for AMD processors

[Drummenjohn]

Right now i have an FIC AD11 motherboard, it is a good board, but it doesnt allow much for overclocking, but it does support DDR ram.

Here is my problem. I can do an even trade for an ASUS a7v133, I know that this is a better board for overclocking and an all around better board. BUT The asus board doesnt support DDR ram.....


Should I scratch the FIC board and ddr ram, for the asus board with regular sdram???


PLEASE HELP.:eek:

[David]

If you only have small amount of DDR RAM (say 128 to 256MB RAM) then going to SDR will not be too bad - there is only a small amount of RAM to replace.

But the A7V133 I think uses the KT133A chipset, whereas the AD11 uses the KT266 or KT266A.

I would stick with the DDR RAM and FIC motherboard, or get a new DDR board.

You can always overclock using the bridges...

[The Coolest]

I never saw a system running on DDR mem, but I know that my comp is pretty fast... It runs on 256MB SDRAM at 149MHz CAS2 and compares to DDR mem at default at CAS 2...
I really like this computer it rox, both of my machines do, only the Duron needs a new HDD that I propably should be getting soon...

[theflyingrat]

The AD11 does not use the KT266 or KT266A chipset. It uses an AMD 761 northbridge, and a VIA 686 southbridge....so it's faster than a KT266 board, but slower than a KT266A.

IMHO, the KT133A is a better overclocking board, but the FIC would be faster at stock speeds.

[Caffinehog]

Try downloading CPUFSB. It's a shareware program that will let you change the FSB while the computer is operating, even if the bios does not allow you to. You do have to find a little chip on the motherboard to make it work, and the programmer wants $13 if you keep it, but that's a small price to pay for overclocking something that you normally couldn't.

[Batman@]

Ya stick with the Fic, the kt133a would be a step down