KT7A vs KT7E

[overdoing_it]

I just had a question.
Is the KT7E worst than the KT7A? I was looking at the abit website and it seems so. It just so happens that newegg.com is having a sale on this mobo refurb for only $88, that includes fedex!!!!
I was also wondering, what is the voltage mod on the KT7A that I have heard about?
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KT7E costs $85 + Shiping!
I'm very happy about this and hope it lasts!

 

[Kev]

i can honestly say that my Kt7e is truly a beauty....my mates got a kt7a and my kt7e is more stable, gets better benchmarks (look on toms hardware, kt7e gets better results) plus the kt7e can reach 133+ fsbs, just like the kt7a .....i see no logic in getting a kt7a where the kte is just as stable...plus its blue not green! ...very sexy .....its allowed me to change my Duron 850 to 1050Mhz, and thats without really trying .....theres a famous article on viahardware.com about the kt7e...im not sure what the url is, but im sure someone will come along and post it here.....do us Abit KT7E fans a favour and join the club....you wont regret it

 

[overdoing_it]

yup, I'm going to join the club, however, I have been wondering what the voltage mod was.

I have a question, the KT7A is actually cheaper right now by $20, and I really don't have the $20. I don't know what to do, would the KT7A be good at OC?

 

[Rottys-R-Us]

overdoing_it (Jul 15, 2001 02:02 p.m.):
yup, I'm going to join the club, however, I have been wondering what the voltage mod was.

I have a question, the KT7A is actually cheaper right now by $20, and I really don't have the $20. I don't know what to do, would the KT7A be good at OC?

Save for the "E" tooooo many probs with the "A".

I have NONE with the "E" and have not seen any posts either about probs.

I think that's Y it's cheaper,hehe.

Good Luck.

 

[Rottys-R-Us]

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[UnseenMenace]

Im happy with my KT7A-Raid which is stable and has no problems, I have also built four more systems using this mobo and rate it highly, not only has it recieved great reviews but it is widely used and respected on this forum..
The voltage mod raises max voltage to 2.07 for that extra bit of grunt.

A great and well respected mobo, clearly demonstrated by the fact that some of the fastest speeds in this forum on a SDRAM mobo are done on Abit KT7A's

 

[ManOfKnight]

i like my MOBO...a few probs to start...upgraded my bios to newer one and d/ld the via upgrades and no probs since

 

[JEFF]

the 20 bucks pays for somthing,raid.you may not need or want it now but the 2 extra ide channels support 8 drives not 4.the kt7e also has the 686b , one of the problems accociated with the kt7a which is now easy to fix.i love mine and wanted a mobo i could tinker around with.that worked out real well.my oc ain't bad for the chip i have(not a good code),and i believe it is the chip keeping me from going higher stabely.but she is rock solid at default voltages.
p.s. the raid is great.

 

[M@€$†®Ö™]

To have the KT7A is to have all the bells and whistles. The KT7E is probably a bit more mature of the board taking the problems with 7A and fixing them with the 7E. I have a 7A and after I got a mature BIos my problems are none existent here. 7E is a good choice for not all the bells and whistles and agree its a good value for the money.

Maestro

 

[Fiz]

I have the KT7A-Raid and love it. I really don't have any problems with it and it is rock solid. The only thing I wish they would fix is the cpu fsb+ in the bios so that it wouldn't affect the pci bus. Other than that I think it's an amazing board and highly recommend it.

Fiz

 

[supraway]

The only thing I would want on the KT7A is the Raid, as this board does the high FSB for medium to high end overclocks, plus you can do the voltage mod. It actually turned out for the better, because now I am buying a Promise Raid controller, which in my opinion is better than the onboard chips.

 

[UnseenMenace]

supraway (Jul 15, 2001 11:41 p.m.):
The only thing I would want on the KT7A is the Raid, as this board does the high FSB for medium to high end overclocks, plus you can do the voltage mod. It actually turned out for the better, because now I am buying a Promise Raid controller, which in my opinion is better than the onboard chips.

Why is the promise raid controller better in your opinion than the onboard controller?

 

[rugby]

I have 2 kt7a motherboards and haven't had any problems at all with the boards. The fact I have no cpu's in either of them is bad, but no problems with the boards...

 

[supraway]

You know, I've always felt that having the individual card vs. the onboard counterpart was better. I can't stand onboard audio, onboard temperature monitors, onboard ethernet, modems, etc. I could be wrong though, as you do save a PCI slot, and it seems that you may get slightly higher transfer rates as you don't have to go through the PCI bus. Or do you??? Now I've confused myself...

 

[JAWS]

After I convinced the wife we should upgrade the computer,
I finally went with the KT7A. After a couple of headaches,
it has worked out great.

 

[UnseenMenace]

supraway (Jul 16, 2001 02:02 p.m.):
You know, I've always felt that having the individual card vs. the onboard counterpart was better. I can't stand onboard audio, onboard temperature monitors, onboard ethernet, modems, etc. I could be wrong though, as you do save a PCI slot, and it seems that you may get slightly higher transfer rates as you don't have to go through the PCI bus. Or do you??? Now I've confused myself...

LOL ive no idea either, thats why I was asking. ( wanted to learn somthing more!! ) On the onboard we can choose to run 8 IDE devices if we so wish, can you do that with a Promise Raid controller.

Where is that Wild Andy C, William or Shadow when you need them im sure they would know

 

[supraway]

HA! I thought you were questioning my reasoning. With the seperate card you can have 8 devices as well as with the onboard chip. I have been browsing the forums, and two things have come to my attention. People say that if you do onboard, you are more likely to get higher FSB, and you don't lose a PCI slot. But if you do the seperate card, you have higher transfer rates and a warrantee.

 

[M@€$†®Ö™]

The Pros and COns of onboard Raid who knows ? I like Onboard Raid personally but to each there own

Maestro

 

[JEFF]

checking back i had to repost.
the front page had a link to some raid benches.i found out two things i really wanted to know.the highpoint 370 was best beating the promise and other cards consistantly , and the most efficient block size turned out to be 64.
of coarse the block size is dependent on the size files you are accessing but all raid 0 array's peaked at that size weather it was pci or software raid.i read another article that stated that the amd cpu grabs 64 byte chunks of data from the hard drive(im figuring that is why it peaked at that size being a direct multiple of the hd setup,allthough i am probably wrong).
the reviewer reasoned that the software was faster because it didn't rely on the pci bus and that the cpu usage was higher with the software because the cards used onboard proccessor to do the math compulations while the highpoint relied on the cpu itself.
promise card users dont fret however the bench scores were pretty close in most if not all cases being edged out by only a few percent.
all in all if the setups cost the same go with the software version and if the promise setup is cheaper just grin.

 

[!!tio!!]

Well.... definitely KT7E!
I have a KT7A and it will make your head burns!
So confusing
So Unstable

Need the newest BIOS!