[RESOLVED] Athlon MB which one ??????

[flashy99uk]

I am thinking of upgrading to a 1.2GB athlon with 256Mb of DDR, but am unsure which one of these boards to go with pls can someone help.

Option 1 The Asus A7M266

Option 2 The Gigabyte GA-7DXR

Pls..Pls can someone help me to decide which one. Any probs encountered would be helpfull..


Also the ATX PSU i have is a 230W with 22A off the 24v rail.Will this be ok or will i need to update to a 300W unit..

Any help would be apreciated

Thankz in advance

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Not sure about the Motherboards but definatly need the 300-Watt PSU.
I have had probs with the 230 Watt PSU and the T-Bird 1.1 GHz dropped in a 300 Watt PSU no probs.

[Jvaguy]

get the A7 pro .. and yes you need a 300watt .. you will burn the other up .. i have the A7 pro and love it and have had no problems whats so ever with my 1.1hgz

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[jr4112]

If your going to go ddr right now the best board for overclocking is a IWILL KA-266_R. I just got mine today with a 256 stick of DDR I have a 1200 mhz unlocked and right now at 136mhz-10x multi @ 1360. Im ready to take to the limit...no probs..

[jr4112]

Well I got my iwillka266-r up to 146mhz with a 10x multiplier@ 1460 with voltage at 1.85 running for about an hour now with no probs cpu temp is at 45 celsius and case temp at 28 celsius holding steady..

[ShAzAm]

I own the IWILL KA266 and am running 256meg DDR and a 1.2 gigger. THIS ONE SCREAMS, even if you don't overclock! You will be reading about IWILL soon in the press. These guys seem to have it going on.

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[ikarus1]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ShAzAm:
I own the IWILL KA266 and am running 256meg DDR and a 1.2 gigger. THIS ONE SCREAMS, even if you don't overclock! You will be reading about IWILL soon in the press. These guys seem to have it going on.
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The Abit KT7A w/good PC133 outperforms this board, even with DDR for alot less money and overclocked to ~150Mhz+ bus speeds


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[Darren Wilson]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ikarus1:

The Abit KT7A w/good PC133 outperforms this board, even with DDR for alot less money and overclocked to ~150Mhz+ bus speeds


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I agree with this one, even though I run PC100 with mine. I have seen the performance of the KT7A-RAID and a 133Mhz T-Bird and it flies.


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[jaimicook]

A friend of mine convinced me to try the Jetway 663AS Pro MOBO, and I am extremely pleased with it. It had a problem of hanging on bootup, but a BIOS flash solved that. It has all the good options including 200 MHZ front side bus and DMA 100 support.
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[Big Kev]

I have just installed the 1.2g (266) with the Asus A7M266 and 256 PC1600 DDR Ram. The mobo is excellent and very stable. I am using the PC1600 DDR Ram as the PC2100 ram that the cpu should be using is very scarce in the UK and if found ridiculously expensive. I thoroughly recommend the Asus mobo. I am currently running the lot with a 250W unit and have no problems at all, so far!

[CobraTekMax]

ABIT KT7A/KT7A-RAID. Abit can make even a VIA chipset look good!

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[AlienDyne]

Between these two, I'd chose Asus all the way!

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[QSECOFR]

I have an ASUS(an older one), and it runs like a champ! But my processor on the other hand....

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[Schui]

I got the Epox KTA3+, and it rocks... 266fsb, 100ATA, etc etc... really easy board, and Onboard Diagnostics (the little Red digital Display) Looks COOL

[mrmojorisin]

Have to agree with Invisible_Man the Abit KT7A-RAID is an outstanding board I am running a 900mhz thunderbird overclocked 1.1ghz and it runs as smooth as anything. A highly recommended board.