Can a PII450 be OC? BH6 Mobo

[Strite]

Trying to build a new machine for my son's Bday. Have a PII 450/Abit BH6.
Can this CPU be OC at all? Need advise. Thanks.

 

[arod324]

You won't be able to get the PII400 very far because it is already on a 100FSB, and the L2 cache on a PII is not on die. If you want, you could go and get a celeronII566 and OC' to about 850 (some will hit 952 with a 112 FSB). I believe that if you have the BH6 Revision 1.01, then you could pick up a Pentium III and overclock that, because you could go to a 133FSB because in the revision 1.01 they allowed a 2/3 agp and 1/4 pci bus divider. The Celeron 566 would only cost you about $55-$60 shipped.

 

[Strite]

Thanks Arod. This is pretty much what I thought. I will just let my son use the PII450 since I already have this CPU. It still keeps up pretty well. The machine is an ABIT BH6, 128 PC-100, Banchee, 8.1 G Maxtor, SB Live Gamer sound. Not bad for his first machine. If he wants to later we can do the father/son thing and try your upgrade suggestions. Appreciate your time and thoughts.

 

[baldy]

Yes it can, depending on when it was manufactured.

I have one that was issued just prior to the PIII's coming out and they got the yields goin' real good, it was a yank from an upgrade I did.

Presently running the 133FSB for a smooth 600 and it will do it at stock voltage. On top of all this, I am running a slightly modded PII aftermarket heatsink (Delta fan) and Arctic Silver. The heatsink has little slots to direct cool air towards those cache chips.

Hauls some pretty good ass and I can not tell the difference between this CPU and its close cousin the PIII at the same speed.

Go for it.

baldy

 

[Assimilator1]

Baldy
That's a very nice overclock you have for a PII 450!

Strite
Most PII 450's topped out at about 504MHz (112MHz FSB)

 

[Strite]

Thanks for your advice. We will give it a try at 112FSB, 504 will be will be OK with me. Will be fun and can't hurt a thing if it won't run at 504. Love that ABIT Soft-Menu!!

 

[Strite]

WOW 600!! Sweet. How can I tell if my CPU is of a later production date.

 

[Assimilator1]

Go to Overclockers.com ,they have a page or 2 there about identifying your cpu via the various numbers on your cpu