Happy or sad MSI K7T PRO owners post here.

[Mattster]

I just ordered mine last night. Going to get an 800Mhz Thunderbird next week, unless the prices drop significantly on the 900Mhz chips. For the time being, I'm going to be running some Mushkin PC100 CAS2 Samsung -GH memory. Anyone else tried that? Problems??? Also have an Antec ATX power supply (sx303 I think?).

Also, what heatsink/fan combo would you guys recommend? Thought about golden orb or chrome orb, but still hearing they are not all that good. Whatever I get, should I get some of the Artic silver thermal grease as well???

TIA

 

[jpprod]

I had an old rig made out of following parts:
+ Celeron 300A@375mhz, Abit BH6
+ 2x 64MB unbranded PC100
+ Asus V6600 Deluxe GeForce
+ OEM ATX case with 230W power
+ Windows 98 installation from year '98
+ Two hard drives

I got myself a Tbird 800mhz + MSI K7Tpro + OEM S370 cooler. Threw mobo in there, installed VIA 4-in-1's and system's rock solid (AGP4X/FW/SB enabled on video card, memory running at PC133/CAS3/turbo timing). No need to fresh-install Windows, upgrade power supply/RAM/video card, huge heat sink/fan combos or any crazy crap that some still claim Athlon platform requires are in this combo. I'm very satisfied with this motherboard, only gripe I can think of is rather poor overclocking capability.

So I'm very satisfied with this mobo

 

[Mem]

Agreed the MSI K7T PRO is not the best for overclocking but on stability IMHO "the best" .If they ever bring out a DDR version with overclocking ability "Watchout".

 

[AfterBurn]

The K7T Pro 2 can change the multiplier from the bios...

 

[Bakwetu]

Are you shure about that afterburn, I couldn't find that in their description of the board? If it is true, it's really great news and k7t pro2 would definitely be the best socket-a mobo.

 

[AfterBurn]

Yes, im sure. Its a new mobo, and i doubt if you will find it around already. Some guy on alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar had written MSI about the difference between the Pro and the Pro 2, and it came back there were only 2 main differences, one beind able to change the multiplier from the BIOS. The other i cant remember and i already purged my read messages so unfortunately i cant quote. I checked the MSI site, but they dont mention it in the specs and they dont have the manual online yet, but its sure promising.

 

[Mem]

I think the other feature on MSI K7T PRO2 is ATA-100 support.

 

[Citadel]

I put one together for a customer last week. Duron 700, V6800... Very happy with the performance. Now, about the AGP 4X..I did not run CPUID to see if it was running at 4X but I would be interested to hear if anyone has it running stable. I have nothing but troubles on my A7V and CUV4X at 4X. Most D3D games tend to lock out after a few minutes.

 

[resinboy]

I just checked their site- they already have 2 bios out for the Pro-2