best kt133a mobo without audio?

[TuffGuy]

i'm probably gonna get the iwill kk266, but i'm wondering if there's a board that's comparable in overclockability/stability/price but without audio?

 

[Rand]

Virtually all modern motherboards have at least an integrated AC97 audio now. Since AC97 is provided by the motherboard chipset it costs virtually nothing to add it in, so it's rare you don't see it now.
It's easily disabled however should you wish to use a separate soundcard.

 

[TuffGuy]

yeah, i know that much. i was just hoping to find one without it, but i guess that there's none.

 

[chansen]

Most come with audio now, but if you're looking for inferior audio (AC 97) there's always the Epox 8KTA3+. But really, you're not paying much for it anyway - does it really matter?

 

[TuffGuy]

no, not really. i'm gonna get the kk266, but i'm just wondering if there's any that come without. i've had some problems before with my aureal, and i hate having to disable audio in the bios every time i flash the board.

 

[christoph83]

Theres always the abit kt7a-raid. Great board.

 

[TuffGuy]

thanks. it looks good. how overclockable is the kt7a?

 

[chansen]

Whoa, not the Abit over the Iwill. BTW, on the Iwill you disable the on-board sound via a jumper, not in the BIOS.

 

[cpars]

I have both boards, and they clock my tbirds about the exact same, and both are good boards IMO, the onboard sound Is good on the Iwill, much better than the MSI I have that I have disabled.

 

[TuffGuy]

kt133a comparison

it basically comes down to which one i can get for the least amount of $$$.