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Most overclockable KT266A motherboard...

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jonmcc33

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I plan on upgrading from my Asus A7V133 to a KT266A motherboard...

I've read tons of reviews but what I need is something capable of handling beyond 150MHz FSB without problems (which ones allow the 1/5 PCI divider?).

I know the Abit is a real winner, yet I'm real fond of Asus and I really like the MSI K7T266 Pro2-RU motherboard (build a system for my brother-in-law with that board). What I need is onboard RAID because I use the Promise RAID controller on my A7V133 for additional ATA100 IDE controllers. I've read that the MSI board doesn't allow this, is it true?

Basically, what's the best board that gives me overclocking and ability to use the onboard RAID as ATA100 between these boards:

Abit KR7A-RAID
Asus A7V266-E
MSI K7T266 Pro2-RU

I plan on using high end Corsair PC2400XMS or PC2700XMS DDR RAM on my upgrade.
 
The highest O/C results I have seen have been with the Abit KR7A-RAID. In general, the HPT RAID controller does a better job at supporting IDE devices.
 
I'd have to agree with Mark on the Abit. Not only is it well-supported, but its remarkably stable... I just don't know whether or not Abit will release a kt333 mobo like the KR7A-RAID in the future. If so, I'd have to say wait...
 
Unfortunately, Asus is not as overclockable board as far as Kt266A chipset goes.

Read the Kt266A roundup on Anadtech review.

I bought 4 mobos within last month. A KR7A for my self, 1 ASUS A7V266-E for a friend who is fed up with instability of her old dell, and 2 EPOX 8KHA+ for friends who are just starting out bare bone, bottoms up.

If your sole objective is an overclockability, look no further than the KR7A.
 
Yeah, I read everything on the AnandTech KT266A review...only reason for putting the Asus board on my list was because I own an Asus and they are one of the best motherboard manufacturers on the market.

Guess the vote has been cast, I'll be getting an Abit KR7A-RAID with 256MB PC2700XMS DDR RAM from Corsair.
 


<< I'd have to agree with Mark on the Abit. Not only is it well-supported, but its remarkably stable... I just don't know whether or not Abit will release a kt333 mobo like the KR7A-RAID in the future. If so, I'd have to say wait... >>



Why wait for the KT333? Many sites have already said there isn't going to be a great deal of difference between the KT266A vs. KT333, and VIA basically released the KT333 for marketing purposes (to compete with SiS for support for DDR333). KT333 is not an upgrade from KT266A, it is merely replacing it.

Get the ABIT KR7-RAID board, by far the best overclocking KT266A board available, and you can't go wrong with ABIT.
 
Sheesh, so many people that recommend it. 🙂

I know about the KT333, not really a n00b to the PC world even though I'm a n00b here. I used to be a veteran with over 5500 posts (over a two year period) on the IGN PC Hardware boards until they made the boards pay access only. I left them and came here, finding that this place is so much better.

KT333 is the KT266A with 333MHz FSB support and ATA133, that's all. It's not a new chipset (like the poor KT266 was) and not refined. The KT333A is supposed to be the same but introduce AGP8X.
 
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