abit vs asus vs asus??

[bKo]

okay i have a couple of questions to ask:

1. wuts ddr and raid??

2. what would be better for a amd thunderbird 1.2ghz??

abit kt7a - raid socket - A kt133a atx

or

asus a7133 socket - A kt133a atx

or

asus a7m266

i'm thinking about getting the abit kt7a, what do you others thing??


- ben

 

[Patgod]

DDR is "Dual Data Rate" much faster ram. look for a board that supports DDR ram if you buying a new one. the A7M266 should be good if you have a tbird that runs at 266fsb. RAID is a setup that lets you transmit data faster over ide(or is is scsi or is it both) anyway its not been shown to improve "real world" applications very much.

 

[bKo]

does tbird run at 266fsb??

A7M266 loox good,

so its now the

asus a7m266 vs abit kt7a

anymore input??

 

[Dulanic]

The difference is price... A A7M266 is about $50 more then a A7V133.... either AMD 761 chipset (Asus A7M266) or KT133A (KT7A or A7V133) I recommend Asus. Asus is about the only real choice with 761... but you dont get multiplier controler... between A7V133 and KT7A I would go A7V133... it performs slightly better, its super stable, and Abit just has high RMA rates.

 

[Dulanic]

Double post.

 

[Patgod]

i thought i had clarified this but anyway;

tbirds come in 2 major variants: the 200mhz fsb'ers and the 266's. one is a dubble pumped 100mhz fsb, the other a 133. 266 chips are newer, and thus a bit harder to find, and a few dollars more expencive. they have better memory performance though(more bandwidth)

if you can find one buy it, and get the a7m266.

 

[Pupp]

bko, the asus A7M266 is a great board. I've got one myself. The only problem is that I can't change my multiplier for O/Cing. If you have the time (and care about overclocking). I would wait until Asus releases their new ddr board and look for reviews.

 

[Bartman39]

Also DDR ram is somewhat harder to find and more expensive... I went with the A7V133 for now and will wait till the DDR boards have newer and better features... BTW I have the Abit KT7raid also and its a nice board but lacks the stability of the ASUS boards... IMPO...


A7V133... well worth the $$$

 

[bKo]

Is there any diffrence between ddr ram and sdram??

What does the amr drive do??

I might wait for the newer asus boards... but it'll just cost more...
so i would just have to wait till the prices drop...

Is raid really use ful if i get a wd 30-40 gb 7200??? or mayb ibm =)

 

[raaboso]

The difference between DDR SDRAM and normal SDRAM is that DDR is faster--up to 20% in real world tests I believe. You need a mobo designed for DDR to use it, otherwise go with normal SDRAM.

AMR drive? do you mean the AMR slot? It's like a PCI card slot except shorter and with less features. You probably won't use it.

RAID needs 2 or more hard drives to use, so if you are just buying one HD you don't need to worry about it.

IMHO, the A7M266 rocks...

 

[bKo]

so i don really need to buy a mobo w/ raid

im going to have one 30 gb hd from ibm or wd and one 10gb as its slave