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Anonymous   02-13-2001 at 04:53:36 PM

OK..If you were to buy one of the two
which one would it be? They are both good that's for sure, but if you had a choice

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Anonymous   02-14-2001 at 09:51:38 AM
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Lets put it this way, as a former owner of both board manufactures, you can never go wrong with Asus. I purchased a A7V133 and love it. Rock solid out of the box with my 1Ghz T-bird. No messing around with BIOS settings till you fingers are blue from tweaking. Unless you want to run raid 0+1 go with the Asus. Plus the Asus has plenty of room for a massive heatsink something the Abit doesnt.

PS. Asus is also much better at releasing bios updates

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jvanber   02-15-2001 at 05:59:54 AM
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There's plenty of room for a large heatsink in my KT7a-raid. Striping across two ATA-100 30 gig drives ROCKS!

I've had no stability issues. Firingsquad has two very thorough reviews of both boards, with the ABIT board getting a slightly higher mark.

The good thing is, you can't lose with either board. I love both ABIT and ASUS. In my own systems, I use ABIT because I like the control and the toys (mobo utilities, soft menu, extra controllers, raid, etc). When I build systems for customers, I use ASUS, because of their stability, and outstanding support. The choice is yours, but again, you really can't lose.

Joshua

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TheSandman   02-16-2001 at 06:21:01 AM
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May I suggest neither, but the msi k7t turbo-r, I personaly just ordered one and a duron from the reviews that i have seen it is the current best buy.

SANDMAN

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Anonymous   02-17-2001 at 01:57:16 AM
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I have been fortunate enough to build 6 systems in the last 6 months with Asus and Amd as two rock solid pieces of the puzzle. I have only built 2 with Abit which was very stable,but did not want to function right out of the box as the A7v did.

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Anonymous   02-17-2001 at 05:14:45 PM
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I would have to agree with these guys. Both ASUS and ABIT are both top quality boards and you cant go wrong with either. Now as for the gentleman that said to get a MSI board he said it was the best buy. Does that mean its the cheapest, if so that isnt the way to look at how to buy a mobo for yourself in my beliefs. But Im sure he did study about the MSI before buying one. :)

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TheSandman   02-19-2001 at 03:02:47 PM
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Not only are the msi boards cheaper but are more stable and have just as many oc options to the speed is right up there also so if you look at all the aspects you will realize that you cant go wrong with either of these boards. Aslo, I am not sayin that the asus or abit boards are bad at all the both are very good choices.

SANDMAN

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Anonymous   02-20-2001 at 01:29:33 PM
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I wouldn't buy anything but a KT7A!!! I cannot vouch for the ASUS as I have not worked with one since about a year ago... The KT7A is tweakable beyond most boards and the overall features are excellent. I used to use the ASUS about a year ago but the KT7 also shook the world.... The KT7A will follow....

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Anonymous   02-23-2001 at 09:20:48 AM
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I'd get ABit over ASUS.. for ONe reason..

'Cold Boot' Problem..

now.. with my a7v.. i have alot of this problem..

(when you up the voltage to stablize CPU (oc'ed).. and restart the computer... sometimes.. asus mobo changes the voltage to default (1.7or 1.6).. and that requires a 'reset button' restart.. while it's not something big.. it still is bothering me...

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ejsmith2   02-23-2001 at 07:33:22 PM
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You'll do good with either. If you are particularly worried about heat, the asus a7v133 seems to put out a little more heat than the abit. With only a FOP38 (7000rpm fan), I can get a T850@1070 stable at 55C full load. The asus comes with a hsf on the north bridge, but I'm not sure about the abit.
Either way, you get 4 IDE channels and pc-133+ support. Get whichever board the dealer will give you a case of beer with......

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Tempus   02-24-2001 at 04:58:06 AM
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The A7V133 has beter performance BTW. Check out the latest review hear at THG.

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Tempus   02-28-2001 at 03:02:29 AM
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That really doesn't make sense, when the A7V133 has just as good if not better oc options. What's your reasoning?

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Anonymous   02-28-2001 at 09:30:47 PM
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Well I chose the A7V board only cause i have two other pc's and they both have Abit mobos in them. But a buddy of mine baught the abit board and for the most part him and I have identical puters and we did a benchmark and for the most part they scored a tie on the tests

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JOJO   02-28-2001 at 09:51:22 PM
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'the asus has better performance'

yeah, i noticed this as well on tom's site.

but i just read a shootout (link on amdzone.com) between the 2 (abit & asus) and the abit won every time.

it's weird how 2 different testers can get 2 different results. (i think that a few of the tests were the same)

Anyway, i have the kt7a-raid and i'm very happy with it (so this probably does bias my opinion), it also has a few 'extra' settings like 4-way memory interleave, turbo and a few other neat little tweaks. (I think the asus has the turbo, but not the 4 way interleave)

I used to have an A7V and that was a great board too though, not 1 problem. SO i'm sure either way you go, you'll be satisfied.

Hope that helps.

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jg38141   02-28-2001 at 11:56:53 PM
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Tears to fix the voltage problem, just move the jumper from bios select voltage to manual select voltage. Then manually set the voltage on the board and all will be perfect.

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RocKo   03-15-2001 at 04:29:24 AM
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hey DIP [-peep-].. :lol:
and people who dont OC -most of them dont TOUCH the motherboard bios at all! so...


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Anonymous   03-21-2001 at 04:36:48 PM
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Humble Vote: KT7A-RAID

When I assembled my computer, I had the case open, in case I need to shut down and fix something.... let me tell you that I had the entire thing up and running in a single session, including the raid drive.....and SoftMenu ROCKS!

...oh look... my status has been upgraded to "newbie"... this is like playing Diablo....

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Anonymous   03-21-2001 at 06:12:05 PM
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FOLLOW UP to my post that started this thing
I went with the KT7A-R..the Alpha Pep 66 fit with NO problems whatsoever. I am running my Duron 650@960Mhz at 45C full load. It has been solid as a rock and stupid easy to use. I don't know if I want to go for the gig or not..I am happy with the current speed.
I have had a excellent experience with the KT7A-R and I would recommend it.

Thanks for everyone's help.

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Anonymous   03-23-2001 at 04:30:56 PM
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A- RAID ALL THE WAY! FOR HARD CORE- STABLE OC'ING!

Screw the risks! -Street
-AMD 1470Mhz-Abit KT7A-Raid-256Mushrev3-Fop38

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