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Overclocking - MSI KT2 combo
Anybody achieved any reliable overclocking on an MSI KT2 Combo board
(MS-6764)? Just saw an ad for this board at a cheap "Bulk Buy" price and downloaded the manual and it seems to adjustable for CPU FSB/Multiplier/VCore and other voltages. Would love to get an nForce board but Xmas spending prevents and my old Jetway 830CH has all 3 PCI slots full and I want to add more cards. The old 830CH overclocks the FSB to 147MHz @100% reliability with FSB upto 152MHz without adjusting voltages (not an option) with more flakeyness - anything that hits the FPU hard will crash the system quicker the higher the FSB. I am hoping that the MSI KT266A/VT8235 chipset will equal or exceed the SiS 730 chipset performance of the Jetway 830CH. This board would be a stop-gap measure until enough cash is accumulated for a decent nForce board and fast DDR memory. I know somebody whose update schedule matches mine and this board can be passed on to them when I am ready to upgrade. What I plan to do is get this board and transfer contents of 830CH to it and use. Save lots of cash and then buy fast DDR RAM and install and remove SDRAM. Save more cash, buy new MB and transfer contents across to new board (and reformat HD). Sell MSI KT2 combo and SDRAM. While using MSI board, overclock to best reliable performance and enjoy (or not get too frustrated). Any comments? Dave |
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On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 15:23:51 +0000, Dave wrote:
Would love to get an nForce board but Xmas spending prevents and my old Jetway 830CH has all 3 PCI slots full and I want to add more cards. The old 830CH overclocks the FSB to 147MHz @100% reliability with FSB upto 152MHz without adjusting voltages (not an option) with more flakeyness - anything that hits the FPU hard will crash the system quicker the higher the FSB. I am hoping that the MSI KT266A/VT8235 chipset will equal or exceed the SiS 730 chipset performance of the Jetway 830CH. AS for the FSB, it will be about the same. Some performances will be faster with the KT266A, while others like disk IO will be slower. All in all I'd say it's six of one and half a dozen of the other. This board would be a stop-gap measure until enough cash is accumulated for a decent nForce board and fast DDR memory. I know somebody whose update schedule matches mine and this board can be passed on to them when I am ready to upgrade. What I plan to do is get this board and transfer contents of 830CH to it and use. Save lots of cash and then buy fast DDR RAM and install and remove SDRAM. Save more cash, buy new MB and transfer contents across to new board (and reformat HD). Sell MSI KT2 combo and SDRAM. While using MSI board, overclock to best reliable performance and enjoy (or not get too frustrated). Any comments? Prices are almost always going down. I'd wait till I could do the whole MB/ram together since you're not going to get much improvement doing it in stages, and it will cost more in the long run. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.html |
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