TH7-II RAID with P4 2.6?

[mmartins]

Hi

I have an Abit TH7-II Raid mobo running a 2.0 ghz / 400 FSB wilamette CPU

According to the Abit site the max upgrade is the 400 FSB 2.4 ghz Northwood

However 2.5 and 2.6 ghz versions of the chip are also available - has anyone tried one with this board? Would it be stable?

Thanks

 

[h2so4]

Yes you can run the higher specced CPUs you mention. In fact, provided that you have the correct revision of the BIOS you can also run the 533 FSB PIVs in the TH7IIR. I think but am not certain that I've seen a reference on the Abit fora to someone who is running a 800 FSB chip on this mobo. I no longer have a TH7IIR but it is a fine board in my experience, which is why I upgraded to an IS7-G. Sadly the new board is a little buggy and more difficult to set up and run stably.

 

[Phil Weldon]

Generally motherboard manufacturers certify a motherboard model only for CPU speeds that are available when the motherboard is put on the market... how could they do otherwise?

There is no Pentium 4 2.5 GHz, so the only Pentium 4 with a clock speed higher than 2.4 GHz with a 400 MHz FSB is the Pentium 4 2.6 GHz. The latest BIOS update version for the TH7-II has multipliers up to 24 X, but since the multiplier for all Pentium 4 CPU's is locked, the setting of this multiplier in or by the BIOS has no effect.

Anyway, moving to a Pentium 4 2.0 GHz 400 MHz FSB to a Pentium 4 2.6 GHz FSB CPU may not be a good gain for the money since you can likely overclock to the same performance level with your current CPU for no additional cost at all. Further, with current memory and cpu prices at low prices, you consider a Pentium 4 "C" (800 MHz FSB and hyperthreading), DDRRAM, and a compatible motherboard.

Phil Weldon,

"mmartins" wrote:

Hi

I have an Abit TH7-II Raid mobo running a 2.0 ghz / 400 FSB wilamette CPU

According to the Abit site the max upgrade is the 400 FSB 2.4 ghz

Northwood

However 2.5 and 2.6 ghz versions of the chip are also available - has anyone tried one with this board? Would it be stable?

Thanks

 

[Patrick Mc]

TH7-II can handle 3.2 ghz/533 with the latest bios

Patrick
"mmartins" wrote:

Hi

I have an Abit TH7-II Raid mobo running a 2.0 ghz / 400 FSB wilamette CPU

According to the Abit site the max upgrade is the 400 FSB 2.4 ghz

Northwood

However 2.5 and 2.6 ghz versions of the chip are also available - has anyone tried one with this board? Would it be stable?

Thanks

 

[mmartins]

"mmartins" wrote:

Hi

I have an Abit TH7-II Raid mobo running a 2.0 ghz / 400 FSB wilamette CPU

According to the Abit site the max upgrade is the 400 FSB 2.4 ghz

Northwood

However 2.5 and 2.6 ghz versions of the chip are also available - has anyone tried one with this board? Would it be stable?

Thanks

Thanks for the info, I'll prolly hold back and get a 3 ghz chip when prices come down a little more

 

[Phil Weldon]

Well no, that would not work with your motherboad as it is strictly a 400 MHz FSB motherboard and the Pentium 4 3GHz CPU is a 800 MHz FSB CPU and would require an 800 MHz FSB capable motherboard. The Pentium 4 3.06 GHz CPU requires a 533 MHz FSB capable motherboard. The only reasonable ways to increase the performance of your system are to

A. overclock with your present components
B. replace the CPU, motherboard, and memory.

Phil Weldon,

"mmartins" wrote:

"mmartins" wrote:

Hi

I have an Abit TH7-II Raid mobo running a 2.0 ghz / 400 FSB wilamette

CPU

According to the Abit site the max upgrade is the 400 FSB 2.4 ghz Northwood

However 2.5 and 2.6 ghz versions of the chip are also available - has anyone tried one with this board? Would it be stable?

Thanks

... prices come down a little more

 

[John Lewis]

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 14:20:25 -0400, "Phil Weldon"
wrote:

Well no, that would not work with your motherboad as it is strictly a 400 MHz FSB motherboard and the Pentium 4 3GHz CPU is a 800 MHz FSB CPU and would require an 800 MHz FSB capable motherboard. The Pentium 4 3.06 GHz CPU requires a 533 MHz FSB capable motherboard. The only reasonable ways to increase the performance of your system are to

Sorry, wrong !!!

The TH7-II is a "400MHz" AND "533MHz" motherboard, the 100MHz-clocked RDRAM can perfectly co-exist with the 133MHz FSB processor. See the current soft-menu settings for samples of default 133 MHz processors. The 3.06GHz/533 processor will be perfectly happy. However, HT mode will not be available, the 850 chip-set does not support the function.

A 3GHz/800 will not be happy at all...............

If I recall correctly, you may also need the latest BIOS update to get the 23x multiplier that the 3.06 requires.

See the BIOS documentation on the Abit web-site.

John Lewis

A. overclock with your present components
B. replace the CPU, motherboard, and memory.

Phil Weldon,

"mmartins" wrote:

"mmartins" wrote:

Hi

I have an Abit TH7-II Raid mobo running a 2.0 ghz / 400 FSB wilamette ...

 

[John Lewis]

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 13:35:18 +0000 (UTC), "mmartins"
wrote:

Hi

I have an Abit TH7-II Raid mobo running a 2.0 ghz / 400 FSB wilamette CPU

According to the Abit site the max upgrade is the 400 FSB 2.4 ghz Northwood

However 2.5 and 2.6 ghz versions of the chip are also available - has anyone tried one with this board? Would it be stable?

Thanks

A further note of warning..............even with the latest BIOS, the highest multiplier setting is 24x. Thus the highest frequency 100 MHz FSB processor completely compatible is 2.4GHz. Use 133MHz FSB processors --- see my other posting.............

John Lewis

 

[mmartins]

"mmartins" wrote:

Hi

I have an Abit TH7-II Raid mobo running a 2.0 ghz / 400 FSB wilamette CPU

According to the Abit site the max upgrade is the 400 FSB 2.4 ghz

Northwood

However 2.5 and 2.6 ghz versions of the chip are also available - has anyone tried one with this board? Would it be stable?

Thanks

Hi again

I've just fitted a 3.06/533 chip to the board and it's running fine. HT is disabled as expected but I still get a very nice 60% speed increase over my old 2.0 Willamette CPU

Thanks for all your help,
Mike