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1.4Ghz T-Bird with an A7V133?

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AMDPwred

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Anybody have this combo? Any good? I'm giving thought to the 1.4 T-Bird (already have the A7V133). Would the 266fsb mess me up since the mobo is 133?
 
No it wouldn't mess up. It would be good. You won't be using the max power of it because of the FSB? I'm not sure what I'm talking about, but I know for a fact it would work, and you wouldn't be messing anything up.
 
I think the A7V133 series is based on the VIA KT133A chipset which is designed to run the Athlon-C (T-bird with 266 MHz FSB).
 
It will run fine, the A7V133 is KT133A based.

BTW, the 133/266 numbers are virtually interchangeable when you're talking about TBirds.

Viper GTS
 
This is a commons misunderstanding that many people have regarding the FSB on AMD chips. You have to remember that a Hz is a pulse per second. The FSB on AMD chips run at 100MHz or 133MHz. The part where people get confused is that the ev6 bus transfers data on the rising AND falling edge of the clock pulse which is why some people state that the bus is running at 200MHz or 266MHz. However, the bus is still only doing 100 million or 133 million pulses per second; it's just transferring data twice as fast.
 
I would go with the SX1040. It's the exact same case except it comes with a 400W power supply instead of a 300W. In fact, the 400W is the one Antec PS that AMD recommends for 1.4GHz Thuderbirds.
 
Okay another common misconception or misunderstanding is that the A7V133 is only the KT133, NOT the KT133a .. the 'a' makes the difference. When I got my A7V133 it was before the athlon C's were out and you could only run your athlons/durons at 100/200... then the A7V133a came out with official support for the 133/266 bus. Which do you have?? A7V133 and A7V133a are two different motherboards.

<edit> I guess you have the 'a' type, becuase I czeched your profile and it seems that you're running your duron at 933.. so I guess you're using the 133 bus.. nevermind </edit>
 


<< I would go with the SX1040. It's the exact same case except it comes with a 400W power supply instead of a 300W. In fact, the 400W is the one Antec PS that AMD recommends for 1.4GHz Thuderbirds. >>



Good point. The only problem is I already have the SX1030 and won't buy another case just for this chip🙂

Does anybody use this case/PS with the 1.4?
 
will work fine. And smp your totally wrong. the a7v is the kt133 chipset and the a7v133 (hence the 133) is based on the kt133a chipset.
 
Yeah.. I was wrong.
I could have sworn that when I got my A7V that they were calling it a A7V133 and then the KT133a came out and was called A7V133a, but I guess I am wrong, cause I checked with the asus website and yeah, my board is the A7V and the newer one is the A7V133... but I could've sworn otherwise, sorry to add to the confusion.
 
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