Fry's - AMD XP2200+ (Thorton) / ECS combo $74.99

[mrchan]

Athlon XP2200+ (OEM) and ECS K7VTA3 - $74.99

#3873617 shows up as a thorton at outpost

 

[ttown]

Looks like this review here stresses the "rev 2" board would be the one to get versus a "rev 1" board.

newegg has the xp2200 oem for $67, making this board $8 if you were going to buy the proc anyway. HOT.

 

[SSibalNom]

Originally posted by: ttown
Looks like this review here stresses the "rev 2" board would be the one to get versus a "rev 1" board.

newegg has the xp2200 oem for $67, making this board $8 if you were going to buy the proc anyway. HOT.

mine is Rev. 8.... that review is waaayy old... that board doesn't use KT266a anymore, now it's a KT333 chipset, I got a similiar fry's combo w/ same board. The board is really stable, but dont OC your ram timings.

 

[cardart]

anyone know if the cpu is a thorton or tbred?

 

[ttown]

Originally posted by: SSibalNom

Originally posted by: ttown
Looks like this review here stresses the "rev 2" board would be the one to get versus a "rev 1" board.

newegg has the xp2200 oem for $67, making this board $8 if you were going to buy the proc anyway. HOT.

mine is Rev. 8.... that review is waaayy old... that board doesn't use KT266a anymore, now it's a KT333 chipset, I got a similiar fry's combo w/ same board. The board is really stable, but dont OC your ram timings.

Sweet! Although I think it's odd that ECS changed the chipset significantly, but left the model# the same.

 

[cmccrkn]

It looks like $119.99 at outpost.com. Is this a b&m only or can someone link to it?

 

[cardart]

It's in store only I think

http://ads.myoc.com/onlineads/ocr/index.jsp?catId=1&adNumber=0005969784-01&advURL=www.Outpost.com

 

[87pathfinder]

Originally posted by: cardart
anyone know if the cpu is a thorton or tbred?

Got in on this the last time, about a month ago. Mine was a Thorton.

 

[cardart]

Cool, was it unlocked?
I am gonna go get mine now!

 

[mrchan]

PLU#3873617 shows up as a thorton at outpost. gonna go buy the combo tonite. if the thorton -> barton mod works, and it overclocks, its a barton 3000+ combo for only 74.99.

 

[substance12]

can anyone comment whether or not it's worth to upgrade from a 1700xp to a 2200+ xp? am I going to see noticable performance boost? basically i have to buy a chip for someone else. i'd prefer to spend as little as possible but it's probably gonna be 50 or so. i'm thinking maybe spend a little more and get a 2200 with a spare motherboard and put my old cpu in new box.

 

[INGlewood78]

What 1700+ do you have...i have mines overclocked at 3000+ speeds. If you have the right stepping, good mobo and good ram...its really easy to do.

Originally posted by: substance12
can anyone comment whether or not it's worth to upgrade from a 1700xp to a 2200+ xp? am I going to see noticable performance boost? basically i have to buy a chip for someone else. i'd prefer to spend as little as possible but it's probably gonna be 50 or so. i'm thinking maybe spend a little more and get a 2200 with a spare motherboard and put my old cpu in new box.

 

[substance12]

not to derail heh, but i have an EPOX 8rda+ with crutial ram. i'm not sure which version of it is. how can you tell?

 

[87pathfinder]

Originally posted by: cardart
Cool, was it unlocked?
I am gonna go get mine now!

Yes, mine was unlocked since it was from week 34. The word is that anything week 42 or after is locked. Fry's sells in big quantities, so I doubt they'd have any pre-week 42s, but don't know if you don't try. Look at the CPU when it's brought to you from the cage, and make your decision.

 

[cardart]

just got back, mine reads aqyfa0344wpmw

so its week 44 then? damn its locked

 

[coscos]

I got one from Sunnyvale store yesterday and it is a week 45, locked. Today I went to the San Jose Brokaw store, got a week 34! The week 45 is brown, the week 34 is green. Gonna try it tonight, enalbe the additional cache, it is a barton!

 

[CubanlB]

im typing from a k7vta3 right now, i think rev 3, the first kt333 of this model (i think). Its a good stable board, running a 2100 tbred fine, i like it alot cause it doesnt give me problems

 

[azraider]

One other little tidbit:
This board actually uses the Via KT333CF Northbridge which is a KT400 without 8x AGP.
Outpost.com confirms the Northbridge and just do a seach on KT333CF to see some reviews/comparisions.


No Sig REQUIRED!!

 

[azraider]

One other little tidbit:
This board actually uses the Via KT333CF Northbridge which is a KT400 without 8x AGP.
Outpost.com confirms the Northbridge and just do a seach on KT333CF to see some reviews/comparisions.


No Sig REQUIRED!!

 

[cardart]

Anyone have problems with this board detecting large HDD? I tried to install a WD 160 GB hDD on this board and it can't seem to detect it. It keep on freezing when it say: "Detecting IDE Drives"

 

[mrchan]

never tried to plug my 160GB drive into the board, i used the PCI ATA/100 card that came with the HD, and that worked perfectly.

 

[mrchan]

never tried to plug my 160GB drive into the board, i used the PCI ATA/100 card that came with the HD, and that worked perfectly.

 

[Jarhead]

I got this for 64 dollars as a Thorton 2000+

Photos:
http://www.molalla.net/~leeper/thorton.jpg

And if my memory serves correctly, it was the L2 bridge to turn it into a Barton.

 

[Jarhead]

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[blazerazor]

Looks like a good xMas build for mom or grandma who doesnt play games.