VIA KT600 overclocking

FluffyChicken · Nov 26, 2003, 07:08 AM

Anyone ventured into KT600 overclocking, surely not all of you have nForce2 boards...
Just seeing what you can get out of these things.

***Zardon*** · Nov 26, 2003, 07:49 AM

Did you buy one?

FluffyChicken · Nov 26, 2003, 08:19 AM

no, but considering it.
I'm thinking of the Epox 8KRA2+ (KT600)
My other choice would be the Gigabyte 7N400-Pro2 (nForce2 400 Ultra)

I need the extra Harddrive connectors these give me but the 7N400 uses the nForce-IDE which is slow (maybe not a problem as I'll just dump CDRW & DVD-ROMs on there. I have no idea who makes the GigaRAID controller so don't know how good it is, also the SATA is sat on the PCI bus as well.
KT600 doesn't have that SATA problem so should be a benefit (when 2 or more drives are running)
Onboard sound doesn't matter to me fti.

Of course I also want to overclock these as well :-)
Bang for the buck (or ££ as it is) probably the good old 2500+

Well the nForce2 is also £15/£20 more and I have to justy that to my other half (she's paying

)

KT600 doesn't have locked AGP/PCI (which may not be a problem as I'm happily running overspec. at the moment) BUT I assume it'll limit how far it can go. Maybe 215/220MHz FSB ?

Hoping someone has some real world experience

dipstick · Nov 26, 2003, 10:55 AM

Well, the KT600 is definitely a good chipset although slower that the NF2 based boards. I also haven't really seen any go over 210-215fsb and I'm not sure if they even unlock the cpu. Don't get me wrong, I like VIA and I'm running a KT800 board myself, but for the XP the NF2 is the best IMHO(especially if you want to OC). You should really read a few reviews about them before purchasing, but do not base you opinion on one big site review, jump around to a few different sites and see what each has to say.
Good luck

Scoop · Nov 26, 2003, 11:02 AM

Yes Ive got one of these boards and it works a treat for overclocking.
I tested it with a xp2500 barton and was able to get it running as a xp3000 stable, xp3200 worked and booted but I needed a nother heatsink to push it any further.
Nice board although it was a tricky blighter to set up ended having to reformat my machine and start from scratch.

Kind Regards
Scoop

Judas · Nov 26, 2003, 11:11 AM

...the KT600 works very well, overclocking wise..... i've got 2 KT600 boards.....

FluffyChicken · Nov 26, 2003, 11:51 AM

kakarot, I've read quite a few reviews but most don't seem to cover the KT600 overclocking potential
I also prefer real world experiences compared to Review sites (which are good for guidence only imho). Real world are not 'sent sample boards' and are good old (and young

) normal people setting these things up without the 3200+'s ATI 9800XT's and massive heatsinks all done outside of a case

Judas, what results did you get with the overclcoking ?

EDIT: of course scoop is obviously a review site

Judas · Nov 28, 2003, 01:23 AM

well, i was able to put a barton 2500+ in and punch the fsb to 200fbs right off the hop....... 3200+..... the voltage are adjustable.... and the multiplyer/fsb go higher.... i think 240 was as high as the fsb would go.... but, of course i didn't push it... i just gave the sucker a try.... seemed pretty solid....

Scoop · Nov 28, 2003, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by FluffyChicken
kakarot, I've read quite a few reviews but most don't seem to cover the KT600 overclocking potential
I also prefer real world experiences compared to Review sites (which are good for guidence only imho). Real world are not 'sent sample boards' and are good old (and young ) normal people setting these things up without the 3200+'s ATI 9800XT's and massive heatsinks all done outside of a case

Judas, what results did you get with the overclcoking ?

EDIT: of course scoop is obviously a review site

EDIt, Edit my Arse!!
Cheeky bugger U, Im no review site, just a bog standard trainspotter mate!

I have mine in a v770 case sealed up I hasten to add! Coolmaster Jet 7 heatsink and blower and as I say was able to get a 2500barton upto 3200 without probs... So put that in your pipe and smoke it!!

Kind Regards
Scoop

FluffyChicken · Nov 28, 2003, 07:08 PM

I maybe buying one soon, price is good, you lot say its good to.

Now to find the arse editting button to remove the smoking pipe stuck up it

FluffyChicken · Nov 28, 2003, 08:31 PM

btw, It was an actual edit. i'd just seen your sig.... But I don't know why the 'edited by .... on ....' isn't there.