K7T Turbo, KK266, 8KTA3..... which has best RAID implementation?

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All these are available at my local Fry's, and I wanted to run grab one. Will also be buying a 133Mhz FSB Athlon...

Which one is the best for a non-overclocker, looking for a very well built motherboard (best components) that is stable?

edit - Which one has the better implementation of RAID?


Thanks!
 

Biggs

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Ever considered the Asus A7V133, it's stable and fast. I'd hesitate to recommend the IWill as of this time as there are still multiplier issues to be addressed.
 

classy

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I also agree on the Iwill. To be honest I would wait a week or two till things settle down and more info concerning the Iwill is made available. The MSI boards are flat out poor performers. If they can straighten out the mulitplier issues on the Iwill I would get that board. The Aopen seems to be not getting any press at all. But according to THG it performed extremely well. I suggest you wait just a week or two.
 

goggleax

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Another vote for the BEST BFB Mobo, 8KTA3, raid or no, it's solid either way.

My .02
 

Dulanic

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Well its not that the AOpen performed poorly... it just overclocked poorly and didnt have jumperless multiplier and 1Mhz increments. I am disappointed it crashed 4 times otherwise it would have been a good board for non-OCers.
 

Biggs

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<< I am disappointed it crashed 4 times otherwise it would have been a good board for non-OCers. >>


Dulanic,

That's what I meant by &quot;it performed poorly&quot;. :)
 

Mandlf

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Another 8KTA3 vote here. My only issue with it is that it's so stable, I'm getting bored. Tweaking is for fun for me than using the damn computer when it's all set up.
 

Regalk

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Pity you cannot get the A7V or A7V133. WIth the new Juggernaut's modded BIOS you have RAID enabled for free and stability.
 

KevinH

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Well the Epox uses the Highpoint as opposed to the Promise Raid on the MSI. I'm on the Epox board right now and the Highpoint is working fine. Also, the MSI board only allows either Raid 0 or 1 but not both. The Epox does. This shouldn't be an issue since I doubt you're gonna grab four IDE's and run them in 0+1.

Kevin

 

digi187

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if you want some seriously GOOD raid action going on, get a stand alone raid card.

You cand find em semi easily for what you pay in the raid enhanced version of those boards...