--Help!-- What is the difference between Abit KR7-RAID, KR7A-RAID, and KR7A-133RAID?

[Epsil0n00]

So, I am about to purchase an Abit KR7 w/ RAID mobo. However, when you look on Newegg.com's Abit motherboard page there are 4 different KR7s listed. See Here

I understand the difference between the RAID and non-raid versions. I want RAID, so I am trying to decide between the "Abit KR7A-133Raid VIA KT266A Chipset ATX Motherboard" and the "Abit VIA KT266A Chipset Motherboard Model KR7A-Raid."

Can anybody tell the difference between these two models? I thought that the KR7 only came in 2 flavors: RAID and non-Raid, but there are 4 listed. It seems the difference is the ATA133 speed of the IDE channels on one vs. the ATA100 IDE channels of the other... but my understanding of the KR7 was that they were all ATA133 by default. Is this incorrect? Maybe its that the RAID connectors of the original board were 133MB/s while the normal IDE headers were still 100, but on the ATA133 model ALL of the IDE headers are 133? How does this sound? Anybody know more about this???

Also, please let me know where the cheapest, and most reliable, website to buy this motherboard from is. I would go with Newegg, but their price is sorta high. What do you think?

Thanks!
Epsil0n

 

[Epsil0n00]

bump

 

[cpals]

The Abit KR7A-133 supports the new ATA 133 hard drives.

 

[pillage2001]

I think they're all the same.

They all support ATA133 I guess.

 

[John]

On Abit's site, one has a different SB.

 

[saltedeggman]

KR7A has no raid support, native support for ata100

KR7A-RAID has raid support for ata133, native support for ata100

KR7A-133 has no raid support, native support for ata133

KR7A-133RAID has raid support for 133, and native support for ata133

 

[Epsil0n00]

Saltedeggman--> thank you very much for your clarity... the previous posts weren't too helpful.

That's what I figured, that the original version had ATA 133, but only in the RAID headers. That's sweet to have native 133 support on all headers.