Abit MB for AMD XP - Tech Support Forums

tarpat1 · April 12th, 2002, 10:41 AM

Its been awhile since I have bought an new motherboard and am looking to go to a XP processor and use an Abit board. I will need it to have on board raid too. What is the best board out there from Abit or even any other company? Moeny is not an object yet I am still setting the budget and can allocate more $$$ there if needed. Thanks in advance.

amdkt7 · April 12th, 2002, 11:27 AM

http://www.abit.com.tw/abitweb/webjs...h/products.jsp

KR7A-133R
AMD Socket A Based ATX Mainboard PC1600/PC2100 DDR DRAM & ATA 133 RAID

I have the KR7A, non raid version, I like it. This board came out one week after I bought mine. Check it out.

Einsamherz · April 12th, 2002, 11:27 AM

I've ordered a KR7a-RAID. It was bad, but should be returning in the form of a good board soon. I believe there is a newer version available now. KR7a-133RAID which has all (8) ATA133 connections, the "older" KR7a-RAID has ATA133 only on the RAID connectors and ATA100 on the standard HD connectors. Not sure if that is a big deal to you.

One suggestion, BUY IT NEW. I got a "refurbished" board and it was just a bad board that was returned.

Fingers · April 12th, 2002, 11:40 AM

I'm liking my KR7A-133R so far, although I haven't used it that much yet. If you look at the mobo sitting on the box here, you can see the two yellow raid connectors for the additional 4 drives (I'm not using them though)

amdkt7 · April 12th, 2002, 01:14 PM

From what I have read most drives do not benfit from anything better that ATA66. The drive just cannot supply the ide interface with data anyfaster than the interface can shoot it to the mobo.

The only time the ATA-133 interface comes into play is when the data is already in the harddrives cache. When faster hd's come out then it will become more important.

So I would not buy the KR7A-133 just for the ATA133. I would still get it just because it is a newer board.

Fingers · April 12th, 2002, 01:45 PM

Ditto, ATA100 and ATA133 are mostly marketing gimicks, real world performance increases will be mostly unnoticed.

Here's one of the reviews I looked at before purchasing mine Six New AMD Motherboards

tarpat1 · April 12th, 2002, 02:22 PM

Wow thanks guys, that was a very informative article fingers thanks a lot. Ill come back when I decide and let you all know which one I get.

storm2k · April 12th, 2002, 02:42 PM

i'd agree with the reccomendation of the kr7a-133r... yeah maybe the ata/133 thing is a gimmick, but abit makes really good boards that are worth the money imo. plus this board has NOTHING that's intergrated, which is also important to me. i'd rather go out and put my own components in rather than have them decide what goes in for me... and let's face it.. softmenu iii is a great innovation... beats setting jumpers!

anyways, i agree.. get the kr7a-133r... worth the money imo.

eweruk · April 12th, 2002, 06:58 PM

How about this MOBO!!!!!

http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/...abit_at7/1.php

link is slow be patient worth the wait.

JimG · April 12th, 2002, 07:45 PM

Currently running an AMD 1800+ XP in an Abit KR7A-133 mobo. Extremely stable board and regarded as one of the best for overclocking. Has plenty of options for CPU and FSB. Also has lots of settings for your DDR RAM, and the AGP card. Had no trouble whatsoever installing and configuring the board.