BH6-Suggested upgrade CPU........

[yabbadabba]

I've have a 300a o.c. to 450, now is the time
to go with something faster for the BH6 or should
a new motherboard be bought too?

 

[squirrel dog]

a p3-700 on a slocket can go 900-933 if your memory can overclock to 124-133.They run about 183+ on pricewatch.com

 

[Tominator]

I have an old BX board. Bought a pretested CII 566@850 with a slotket and Golden orb from Heat23 on the For Sale Forum....that would be my suggestion...

 

[JackMDS]

Celeron 566 with a SlotKet, (if you get a lucky CPU) can do 850MHz on BH6.

The Celeron 566 is 8.5x66=566MHz. Switch the FSB to 100MHz, and you have an 850MHz system.

Log to http://www.overclockers.com/

Click on CPU Database, Choose Celeron 566.

You will see few reports about BH6 @ 850MHz.

To choose a CPU like P-III ?700 and run it at 133FSB on BH6 is not a good idea, since the BH6 has only 1/3 divider to the pci. Which means that pci components (like HD) can have trouble running at 41Mhz.

The newer BX boards have ¼ divider for 133FSB so it is not a problem.

 

[yabbadabba]

Thanks for the suggestions

Fred