Shuttle - AK32A 266MHz DDR Socket A Motherboard
What are your thoughts on this motherboard? Worth buying?
What are your thoughts on this motherboard? Worth buying?
Shuttle - AK32A 266MHz DDR Socket A Motherboard
- Thread starter Minuteman1611
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BS.
This is an awesome motherboard. I have two, and they're rock-solid stable with FSB, multiplier, and Vcore adjustment in BIOS.
I have NEVER even had to reboot one.
One, a very good mobo that's stable.
Two, don't buy from Tiger Direct (always check out reputable sites like newegg.com, googlegear.com, or mwave.com first prior to purchasing elsewhere).
Two, don't buy from Tiger Direct (always check out reputable sites like newegg.com, googlegear.com, or mwave.com first prior to purchasing elsewhere).
From what I can tell it should. The BIOS UPDATE says that it supports up to a 2400+ processor, while THIS forum has a response from someone who is running a thoroughbred 1700 @ 1900.
I'd say go for it.
Just purchased this board from eXcaliberPC.com tonight. They have it for $48 + $5.
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eXcaliberPC.com has a resellerrating of 9.80
The nice thing about this mobo is that it takes either SDRAM or DDR, similar to the ECS K7S5A, but is supposed to be better? possibly?
I have purchased 2 Shuttle bords previously. First was Socket 7, now retired. Second is an AK31A Rev3.1 which my son is presently using for computing and gaming. Shuttles have been good to me.
I also have used Abit, ECS, Soyo, Jetway and Intel mobos w/o any major problems. Also purchased two Abit KG7's when CompuGeeks had them on sale cheap several months ago. The only one that I ever had die, was the Abit KT7A-Raid which died about two weeks ago. Replaced it with an ECS L7S7A2. This was for my daughter's computer at college.
mdcrab
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eXcaliberPC.com has a resellerrating of 9.80
The nice thing about this mobo is that it takes either SDRAM or DDR, similar to the ECS K7S5A, but is supposed to be better? possibly?
I have purchased 2 Shuttle bords previously. First was Socket 7, now retired. Second is an AK31A Rev3.1 which my son is presently using for computing and gaming. Shuttles have been good to me.
I also have used Abit, ECS, Soyo, Jetway and Intel mobos w/o any major problems. Also purchased two Abit KG7's when CompuGeeks had them on sale cheap several months ago. The only one that I ever had die, was the Abit KT7A-Raid which died about two weeks ago. Replaced it with an ECS L7S7A2. This was for my daughter's computer at college.
mdcrab
I just bought a Shuttle AK32A to take the place of a Soyo K7VIA that blew about 7 caps. It is fast and stable with WinXP, Athlon XP1700, and my old PC133 RAM. I didn't need to reinstall XP Home since both boards used a VIA chipset. I also have an ECS K7S5A on my backup computer with a 1GHz Duron running Win98SE. I have no problems with either.
If you are running DDR... DON'T bother with this board. Spend a few extra bucks and get a KT333, KT400 or nForce Board.
I still think Shuttle is lying about the chipset in this board. They say it's a KT266a. I thinks it's really a KT266...
Call them and ask.
I still think Shuttle is lying about the chipset in this board. They say it's a KT266a. I thinks it's really a KT266...
Call them and ask.
Ths board has good reputation for OC however for not much more ( like $10 ) you could get a KT400 chipset board like the Biostar M7VIT . Take a look at the warranty Shuttle's website , like ECS warranty RMA s must be handled by the retailer and come back to them through the chain of distribution , this can be a problem with some resellers . There are other mfgs in this price range who will let end users send the boards directly back to them for warrant RMA .
SiSoft says it's a KT266A.
AK32 was the one with KT266.
I run DDR and it seems plenty fast to me.
Ummm... yeah. Well other than Sisoft identifying it as a KT266A, sure... Shuttle's lying. And so is SiSoft. Yeah...
It's a good board, I've built one with it, bought from newegg like everyone else. Running a Duron 700 at 933. All is good.
RE:"Ummm... yeah. Well other than Sisoft identifying it as a KT266A, sure... Shuttle's lying. And so is SiSoft. Yeah"
Well I say that because the before the AK32 the KT266A was DDR only not SDRAM. Actually I called Shuttle and they admitted that the AK32 used a KT266 NOT a KT266 and that their own website was wrong.
Now why would they do this. One idea is that the SIS 735 based boards were kicking their butt and ran SDRAM. And they wanted to put on the best alternative they could. VIA simply needed a chipset that could run SDRAM vs the SIS 735.
Now maybe VIA retooled the KT266A to run DDR. OK or maybe they just rigged the KT266 to read as a KT266A when read by Sandra. I dunno.
OTOH, why buy this board if you are running DDR? Just pay a fe extra dollars and get a newer chipset.
Well I say that because the before the AK32 the KT266A was DDR only not SDRAM. Actually I called Shuttle and they admitted that the AK32 used a KT266 NOT a KT266 and that their own website was wrong.
Now why would they do this. One idea is that the SIS 735 based boards were kicking their butt and ran SDRAM. And they wanted to put on the best alternative they could. VIA simply needed a chipset that could run SDRAM vs the SIS 735.
Now maybe VIA retooled the KT266A to run DDR. OK or maybe they just rigged the KT266 to read as a KT266A when read by Sandra. I dunno.
OTOH, why buy this board if you are running DDR? Just pay a fe extra dollars and get a newer chipset.
Actually, that's where you're incorrect.
The KT266A has ALWAYS been capable of supported PC100 and PC133 SDRAM. It says so right on Page 5 of the KT266A Whitepaper:
It's just that Shuttle is one of the very few companies to take advantage of this capability on their AK32A. Asrock (by Asus) and Biostar also have KT266A-based motherboards that support PC133 SDRAM.
I agree, there are better choices out there if you plan to run DDR. I bought my motherboards back when DDR cost 2-3x more than PC133, not to mention the SDRAM I already had. Now that DDR prices are down and PC100/133 has such good resale on Ebay, I have completely switched to DDR but haven't yet dumped the AK32A's and I probably won't until I can find KT333 or better chipset boards available for around $50 shipped (and they must have multiplier, FSB, and Vcore settings in BIOS).
The KT266A has ALWAYS been capable of supported PC100 and PC133 SDRAM. It says so right on Page 5 of the KT266A Whitepaper:
It's just that Shuttle is one of the very few companies to take advantage of this capability on their AK32A. Asrock (by Asus) and Biostar also have KT266A-based motherboards that support PC133 SDRAM.
I agree, there are better choices out there if you plan to run DDR. I bought my motherboards back when DDR cost 2-3x more than PC133, not to mention the SDRAM I already had. Now that DDR prices are down and PC100/133 has such good resale on Ebay, I have completely switched to DDR but haven't yet dumped the AK32A's and I probably won't until I can find KT333 or better chipset boards available for around $50 shipped (and they must have multiplier, FSB, and Vcore settings in BIOS).
I would agree about finding a such a low ( around $ 50 ) priced board with all the settings . Are there the any others that exist ?
Thanks, they sure did hide it. When the AK32 first came out I touted it as a KT266A board myself but someone, like me, said the KT266A didn't support SDRAM but the KT266 did. So I called Shuttle and they admitted the AK32 (at that time) really used the KT266. Well, I dunno why they did that. I guess the KT266A really does support SDRAM...in which case the AK32 is not a bad low end choice for SDRAM...
If one is using DDR I'd look for a more recent offering.
Mac
If one is using DDR I'd look for a more recent offering.
Mac
Both the KT266 and the KT266A support SDR and DDR RAM, always have. It is the motherboard manufacturer's option to offer SDR, DDR, or both.
AK32 = KT266
AK32>A< = KT266>A<
I think perhaps you're just really really confused.
Aha! I thought it was you, Macro2. If you will recall, and that may be asking a lot from you, we've had this discussion once already.
I posted links to VIA showing both the KT266 and KT266A support SDR and DDR.
So what is it going to take for you to remember this time?
Just repeat after me:
KT266 and KT266A support both SDR and DDR....KT266 and KT266A support both SDR and DDR....KT266 and KT266A support both SDR and DDR....KT266 and KT266A support both SDR and DDR....KT266 and KT266A support both SDR and DDR....KT266 and KT266A support both SDR and DDR...
Write it out x 100 if you have to.
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