Abit BX6 R2 and Coppermine

[jammin]

Hi everyone, I have an Abit BX6 R2 MB in my second computer and want to use a P3-600E in it. does anyone know if this board will support a coppermine? I flashed to the "MW" bios awhile back. Abit's website says it will support a P3-600 but it doesn't say anything about the coppermine. Thanks

 

[awise]

Yes it will support it but you should update your BIOS with the newer QR version.

 

[Klosters]

I believe that it will. I read an article at .bxboards.com a while back that stated the FSB on the BX6-R2 is limited to 124 Mhz. Lots of folks report no such problem.

 

[jammin]

Cool, Thanks for the quick answer.

 

[Truro]

bx6.2 has bus speeds above 133, and a 1/4 pci divider option starting at 117. A 600e will be right at home, only potential issue is the typical BX limitation of 2/3 agp divider at high bus speeds.

 

[cmaMath13]

Yes, it will. I was running a P3 650 @ 806MHz for about a year. Make sure you flash the latest bios from Abit's website.

 

[SlickVic]

I have one running a CII 533 FC-PGA (see below) with the NW BIOS...running it for ~ 6 months...had it up to 896 stable...great board...you should have no problem.

 

[MulLa]

I have the BX6 R2 running a PIII 733 with no issues at all. Well none associated with the board anyway.

 

[TheBigZ]

So what are some opinions of the best bang for buck chip to run on this board? I currently have a cel300@450 on a slotket. Not sure what brand of slotket it is tho, so I'm not sure how it would handle higher cpus. I guess ideally, another flip chip would be best, in case something ever happen to the board, I'd be more likely to end up with a socket board to replace it.

A cel600 might be a good chip, but I think I'd rather go with a real P3, but I'm not sure how well they'll oc on this board. Ideally, I'd like to keep it under $150.

 

[cmaMath13]

I would recommend that you get the P3 650 or P3 700. I personally had a 650 @806MHz with default heatsink and fan and default voltage. Many have seen HIGHER frequencies. I just went over to pricewatch and both chips were under $150!

Let me know what you decide.

 

[Zombie]

I have celeron 466 at 525 running on Abit BX R2 using Abit sloketI(PPGA to slot1). I am thinking of upgrading and have bunch of questions so plz. bare with me.

Here is the list of rest of system:
Voodoo3, SBlive, 1 NIC, SBLive value, 2 10GB WD, 1 stick of Micron cas2 128m and 1 stick of 64m cas3 both PC100 oops and a adaptec SCSI card PCI.

Now my question is what CPU would you guys suggest i go with? I have the latest bios and according to specs on Abit website the new bios supports as high a P3 700 100 FSB. Needless to say i would like to replace as little as possible while i go with the new CPU. Infact I might add a stick of 256m Micron and later upgrade to better quality Hard Drive but for now where do i start as far as the CPU part is concerned.

Now I have been away from the hardware scean for a little while so help me out here fellows.

thankx

 

[cmaMath13]

I would definately go with a 650 or 700 P3 Coppermine and overclock it well into the 800MHz!

That way you know the cpu and mobo are compatible, plus you should get 150MHz+ easy!