asus a7v133 vs abit kt7a raid

[fetuchin]

which one (using raid 0)?

 

[Jex]

Your call. I've got the Abit and I love it. The Asus is more popular. Most people will tell you Abit for speed and Asus for stability, but I think they're pretty similar.

 

[p0tempkin]

The controllers differ; ABIT has the Highpoint HPT370 while ASUS offers the Promise Fasttrak 100 Lite. The Highpoint controller has more features, from what I hear, like adjustable stripe sizes.

 

[Shooters]

I would go with the Asus for two reasons:

The Asus uses a Promise controller and the Abit uses a Highpoint (I believe), and I've heard that Promise controllers are geneally more reliable.

Recently, I've heard too many horror stories about the quality of Abit products.

 

[Narse]

My roomate had the kt7 and had all kinds of problems with it under win2k, I had the asus a7v133, he sent the abit back and got the asus and hasn't had any problems since then. I prefer the ASUS.

 

[Jex]

Man p0tempkin, trying to post in EVERY thread?

 

[Davegod75]

had a abit, returned it, got an asus.. it's a good mobo

 

[p0tempkin]

Yeah, I chose Asus too, just because I heard too many Abit horror stories.

Jex, just trying to help as many people as I can. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[regularJoe]

I think Abit's motherboard problems....
has to do with quality control.

I really like their boards,but had to return an Lx6 ,and a kt7a just
recently. but the replacement board i received for the Kt7a is as stable as a rock.

Tha FAQ's at the abit site should be read carefully.
ther's som incompatibility with soundblaster lve 3.0 and some 3dfx
video card drivers

 

[loosbrew]

well, on my kt7 -r (kt133) the hpt370 controller sucks bigtime. no matter which bios or drivers in any combination, i get freeze ups in any OS. especially from transfering files from one HDD to another. now that i formatted and reinstalled winxp 2462 on the via controller and not installed any other drivers for the via, it has been running rock solid for a week now. not one freeze up, slow down, or even blink of weirdness. so i think my troubles were from the hpt370. i have read in many forums that highpoint doesnt make the best of products so im staying away from anything to do with highpoint at all costs. i just purchased an Iwill kk266-r with the ami controller on it and we'll see how stable that is. from what i have read and heard from a few friends, it is a very stable board. i can only hope.

loosbrew