Chances of getting a Duron to OC to 133MHz FSB?

[bishboi]

I'm looking at buying the ASUS A7V133 and I'm wondering if I was to buy a Duron 700 what are the chances of getting the CPU to run at a FSB speed of 133Mhz?

 

[yodayoda]

your chances are very good if that mobo has the VIA KT133A chipset. if it has the A and you have PC133 memory, it will run that speed. my roommate has a 600 running at FSB 133 on a ABIT KT7A-RAID mobo and PC133 ram.

 

[bishboi]

I'm kind of confused on how this works... putting in the Duron will the motherboard default to a 200MHz FSB or will it automatically try to run the Duron at 266Mhz? Do I have to unlock the L1 bridges or is this purely a BIOS settting I can switch to?

 

[arod324]

You should unlock the bridges so you can more control over your multiplier. In your case, the 7X shouldn't be too high, but if you have a 900 or something... you may have to lower the multiplier then bring up the FSB.

 

[Dark4ng3l]

runing a locked 700 at 133MHz fsb would get you a 933MHz chip(7*133=933)

 

[bishboi]

But the Duron CPU itself should have no problem running at 266Mhz FSB even though it was designed to run at 200Mhz FSB?

 

[mitaiwan82]

it all depends on the quality of the chip you've got...My Duron 700 runs at 933 perfectly but if i bump it up to 950+ it'll crash every once in a while. You never know until you try it out...I wanna say that most duron 700's can do at least 900~950 so your chances are pretty good. Just get a nice heatsink/fan and keep the voltage up and ya should be ok with the KT133A

 

[Killrose]

bishboi whatever you do make sure you are buying a motherboard with the KT133A chipset. Yes you'll be running at 266 frontside bus with a Duron at a 133MHz bus. Just plan on upping the voltage to get there. A 7xmultiplier is a great place to start and should be do-able for the 700MHz Duron.

 

[bishboi]

Yeah, I know which motherboards to get.

Like I said I'll be getting an ASUS A7V133 (which is KT133A), and my HSF will be a GlobalWin FOP32-1 (which is adequte I believe.)

I just gotta be sure that when I stick that CPU in it will run at 266MHz FSB vs 200. OC'ing it to 900+ MHz wouldnt' be bad either. I don't want to have to return it.

It's either that or just get an A7V and a Thunderbird 850.

 

[SiliconVandal]

Save your money and get the A7V133 and Thunderbird 850. You'll be happier later. I'd recommened getting a Iwill KK266 instead, I've had experience with both.

SV

 

[bigpow]

DON'T USE THE JUMPERFREE MODE ON ASUS A7V133...
IT SUCKS!

Use standard jumper switches, and you'll be a lot happier.