junkyardDawg
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It's a terrible choice, the KT133A chipset is inefficient by today's standards, even ignoring the PC133 memory, which is pretty hard to ignore since it further degrades performance. Then consider that the FSB may max out around 160Mhz, but the USB ports and HDD might malfunction at that speed, so realistically it'll probably run at 145MHz, at the max multiplier of 12.5X unless you enable the "+8" multiplier setting by burning through the CPU's bridge, which the board "may" not even support as per it's CPU table at AOpen website. So you'll have a max of 1812MHz of sub-par performance per MHz. If you wanted a dirt-cheap system and already have the PC133 memory it might be a fair board, but you can probably find someone willing to sell a T-Bred "A" or Palomino for less than $42, either of which may come near enough to 1812MHz. For little addt'l $ you could have a much faster system by using a slightly more modern motherboard and some (now commonly) cheap->free after rebate DDR memory.Originally posted by: TBotzon
Any opinions on this mobo to go with?
AOpen AK73 Pro VIA KT133A Socket A ATX
Motherboard w/Sound..............$31.50Text
Originally posted by: obsidience
hey darqice,
I've got an old stick of Crucial 256mb PC2100 I'm using right now, I think this is limiting me FSB-wise. I haven't been able to go above 180 though my motherboard (MSI KT3 ULTRA) supports well over 200.
At 2230, under load and with the case closed I'm maxing out at a temp of 46C which I think is quite amazing since I'm typing this on my dev machine (XP 2100 non overclocked) and it'll hit 65 under load (its 58C now).
Obsidience
Originally posted by: Replay
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Wouldn't you know, I have one in transit to me, but not at $42
A "refurb", and most likely an "A".
I should buy another one, for Mom!
Originally posted by: Tot
Sappster; What fan/heat sink are you using?
Mine is a thermatake7+ volcano @3500rpm from 1 year ago. And my temp for CPU is 49C even when I didnt overclock. 35C for mobo.
Anyway my stepping is the same as yours, made in 2003/4
Originally posted by: canoner
Originally posted by: obsidience
hey darqice,
I've got an old stick of Crucial 256mb PC2100 I'm using right now, I think this is limiting me FSB-wise. I haven't been able to go above 180 though my motherboard (MSI KT3 ULTRA) supports well over 200.
At 2230, under load and with the case closed I'm maxing out at a temp of 46C which I think is quite amazing since I'm typing this on my dev machine (XP 2100 non overclocked) and it'll hit 65 under load (its 58C now).
Obsidience
You can push Crucial PC2100 to 180? I have a very hard time to believe that.
Originally posted by: canoner
Originally posted by: obsidience
hey darqice,
I've got an old stick of Crucial 256mb PC2100 I'm using right now, I think this is limiting me FSB-wise. I haven't been able to go above 180 though my motherboard (MSI KT3 ULTRA) supports well over 200.
At 2230, under load and with the case closed I'm maxing out at a temp of 46C which I think is quite amazing since I'm typing this on my dev machine (XP 2100 non overclocked) and it'll hit 65 under load (its 58C now).
Obsidience
You can push Crucial PC2100 to 180? I have a very hard time to believe that.
Originally posted by: cubanx
Originally posted by: canoner
Originally posted by: obsidience
hey darqice,
I've got an old stick of Crucial 256mb PC2100 I'm using right now, I think this is limiting me FSB-wise. I haven't been able to go above 180 though my motherboard (MSI KT3 ULTRA) supports well over 200.
At 2230, under load and with the case closed I'm maxing out at a temp of 46C which I think is quite amazing since I'm typing this on my dev machine (XP 2100 non overclocked) and it'll hit 65 under load (its 58C now).
Obsidience
You can push Crucial PC2100 to 180? I have a very hard time to believe that.
Well I just got 2 sticks of 512 Crucial 2700 DDR and i've got them running at 208x2 Dual Channel on a MSI K7N2-ILSR I bought this week from Newegg(Upgraded from a MSI KT133 Board). Might do more but i'm using an old XP1600+ with Palmino Core so it's limited. Pretty good for 166mhz Spec'ed ram.
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Originally posted by: canoner
OK, PC2700 can do 208x2, I am not surprised. But PC2100 at 180x2, that is first time I have ever heard of. What is the timing and voltage you use? I have both Crucail PC2100 and PC2700 (not in one box) and I would love to push them a bit further.
Originally posted by: cubanx
Originally posted by: canoner
OK, PC2700 can do 208x2, I am not surprised. But PC2100 at 180x2, that is first time I have ever heard of. What is the timing and voltage you use? I have both Crucail PC2100 and PC2700 (not in one box) and I would love to push them a bit further.
Timings are 6-3-3-2.5(this rams standard timing) @ 2.7 Volts.