abit KT7A-raid and duron 800

[lapdog]

I just got the board and chip and read I don't have to connect the L1 bridges to hit 1000, is this true and if so do I need to up the volts on cpu or can I do this from bios?

 

[993TT]

I have the exact same cpu & m/b, and am running it with the original multiplier of 8 on a 133fsb. So 8*133 = 1064mhz, for voltage I set it at 1.825 volts. All of these settings are made thru the bios.

The cpu doesn't require any mods at all... however I did connect the L1 bridges, just so I could mess around. As long as you have good cooling I think you should be fine.

 

[Mikaelb]

8X133 is too much for my Duron 800 I unlocked L1:s and run 7X140 at 1,8 V . Really rocks.
Used a soft sharpened pencil.

 

[Dan]

lapdog: You get much better overclocking results if you increase the clock multiplier rather than the FSB.

Grab a mechanical pencil and a business card or credit card and connect your Duron's L1 bridges. You'll overclock more with greater stability. (Remember, the more you increase the FSB the more you're flirting with instability.)

I have a KT7 nonRAID mobo and a Duron 700 running stable at 1083MHz. (10.5*103; voltage at 1.82)

 

[DeathFlame]

Your saying that the durons can't handle 133mhz FSB? Don't quote this as fact.. but there are probably hundreds of people on this forum running there durons or t-birds at, or above, 133mhz FSB, using there KT133A motherboards.

10x100 is slower than 7.5x133. And 7.5x133 is less of an overclock than 10x100. You get better results by upping your FSB and lowering the multiplier. And the FSB may be able to go to 140 and higher, with good RAM and other components.

As for the original question, I am not sure if you have to connect the L1 Bridges.... my cpu was fried when it arrived (or I fried it installing the HSF...) but keep reading the forum here.. as far as I've read the general consensus is that the you may as well pencil in your L1 bridges, to lower your multiplier... much easier to start lower... 6x133, 6.5x133 and so on to see how it is going.

With the KT7A-Raid, you can change the FSB from the bios, however to get the most speed out of the CPU, you might need to up the voltage (again done in the bios)

 

[SammyBoy]

hey dan overclocking the fsb rather than the multiplyer may be slightly less stable but if done properly gets you better performance than with the multiplyer alone. Since your ram and everything runs on your fsb, increasing it basically increases the whole system

 

[Darthtanion]

Agreed...

As long as you have good quality components, then they should do a fine job in handling the increased FSB settings...and most brand items of today will do a good job.