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Soltek SL-75KAV w/ Athlon XP 2600+ 333MHz FSB (Thoroughbred)
Howdy. I know the SL-75KAV will work just fine with
something like an Athlon XP 2400+ running a 266MHz FSB, or an Athlon XP 2600+ running a 266MHz FSB, but will it support the Athlon XP 2600+ 333MHz FSB? The FAQ at http://www.soltek.com.tw/soltek/FAQ/75KAV.html is unclear on this. (It does state that 333MHz Barton cores are unsupported, but makes no such caveat regarding those with a Thoroughbred core.) Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. |
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Albert Finchly wrote:
Howdy. I know the SL-75KAV will work just fine with something like an Athlon XP 2400+ running a 266MHz FSB, or an Athlon XP 2600+ running a 266MHz FSB, but will it support the Athlon XP 2600+ 333MHz FSB? The FAQ at http://www.soltek.com.tw/soltek/FAQ/75KAV.html is unclear on this. (It does state that 333MHz Barton cores are unsupported, but makes no such caveat regarding those with a Thoroughbred core.) Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Firstly, those FSB speeds are 133MHz and 166MHz respectively. Don't get suckered into quoting DDR figures. If the board (which I'm not familiar with, all my Soltek boards are nForce2 Ultra 400s) doesn't support a 166MHz bus for a Barton then I'd think it won't support a 166MHz bus Period. There is very little difference in the architecture between the XP and the Barton, other than the size of the L2 cache. I'd say that when the FAQ was written there were no XPs with a 166MHz FSB. It's confusing I know but there were three different XP2600+s made. The first, which was only made for a short while, ran on a 133MHz FSB. It was quickly superceded by a CPU that ran on a 166MHz FSB and now there is an XP Barton 2600+ that runs on a 166MHz FSB and has 512KB L2 cache. I would say that the mention of the board supporting the XP2600+ refered to the early (and now *very* hard to get 133MHz version). The final analysis, based on information available, is that your board will only support CPUs that require a maximum of 133MHz FSB. Meaning a 2400+ or less these days. Unless you can find an older, 133MHz FSB 2600+. (Good luck with that, they're sought-after by people in the same position you're in and no longer available new). -- ~misfit~ |
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On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 11:43:51 +1300, "~misfit~"
wrote: Albert Finchly wrote: Howdy. I know the SL-75KAV will work just fine with something like an Athlon XP 2400+ running a 266MHz FSB, or an Athlon XP 2600+ running a 266MHz FSB, but will it support the Athlon XP 2600+ 333MHz FSB? The FAQ at http://www.soltek.com.tw/soltek/FAQ/75KAV.html is unclear on this. (It does state that 333MHz Barton cores are unsupported, but makes no such caveat regarding those with a Thoroughbred core.) Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Firstly, those FSB speeds are 133MHz and 166MHz respectively. Don't get suckered into quoting DDR figures. If the board (which I'm not familiar with, all my Soltek boards are nForce2 Ultra 400s) doesn't support a 166MHz bus for a Barton then I'd think it won't support a 166MHz bus Period. There is very little difference in the architecture between the XP and the Barton, other than the size of the L2 cache. I'd say that when the FAQ was written there were no XPs with a 166MHz FSB. It's confusing I know but there were three different XP2600+s made. The first, which was only made for a short while, ran on a 133MHz FSB. It was quickly superceded by a CPU that ran on a 166MHz FSB and now there is an XP Barton 2600+ that runs on a 166MHz FSB and has 512KB L2 cache. I would say that the mention of the board supporting the XP2600+ refered to the early (and now *very* hard to get 133MHz version). The final analysis, based on information available, is that your board will only support CPUs that require a maximum of 133MHz FSB. Meaning a 2400+ or less these days. Unless you can find an older, 133MHz FSB 2600+. (Good luck with that, they're sought-after by people in the same position you're in and no longer available new). The OP's board, being a KT133A, simply can't run stable at 166MHz FSB. With a lot of tweaking and cooling, it might do 155MHz, at which point the USB ports will likely start flaking out and the more sensative PCI devices will as well. It would be theoretically possible for a board that doesn't officially "support" barton to run one considering the manufacturer may not be testing such a [barton - KT133A board] combination and thus not "supported", but in this case it just won't work period... The OP was lucky the board even works with a XP2400 T'bred. |
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