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


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.
 
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.
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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.
 
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.
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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.
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Sweet! Although I think it's odd that ECS changed the chipset significantly, but left the model# the same.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
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Originally posted by: cardart
Cool, was it unlocked?
I am gonna go get mine now!
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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.

 
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!
 
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
 
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!!
 
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!!
 
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"
 
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.
 
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.
 
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