I currently have a Abit bx6 rev.1 mb with a Celery 400 . I am looking to get a faster processor ..

[maxcom]

I currently have a Abit BX6 rev.1 motherboard with a Celery 400 . I am looking to get a faster processor for this machine . Any recommendations on a good CPU which can be OCed with the BX6 rev.1.

 

[acroig]

I would suggest a P3-700 stepping cC0. You should get a guaranteed overclocked at 933 (133FSB) using an MSI v2.3 slocket. Check with Compuwiz1 in this forum or go to www.outsideloop.com and e-mail Bill, either way your BX6 (not BM6 right?) should handle it assuming you flash your BIOS to the latest revision from Abit.

Hope this helps!

 

[maxcom]

ttt

 

[acroig]

You didn't like my suggestion?

 

[maxcom]

Thanks for your inquiry. I don't recall the exact specs of the BX6 Rev. 1
but I don't think it has a 1/4 PCI divider, so running at 124mhz or 133mhz
is probably not a viable solution. (If I'm wrong about this assumption,
then one of the 700E cC0 processors that we currently have will work well).

With your current hardware I would recommend getting an 800 or 850 and
clocking it using using the 112mhz fsb available on your board.


Regards,

Bill Jeffers
Outside Loop Computers

 

[maxcom]

thanks for the info acroig

 

[acroig]

Bill is right about the PCI divider, but that doesn't mean that a 700@933 won't work. The key is whether the rest of your peripherals can run at the higher PCI bus, specially the hard drive. But looking at your Seagate I think it would work. If you don't want to take the chance then a P-3 800 will do nicely for the money (around $176).

 

[maxcom]

ugh, I was kinda wishing a celery 566 OCed a bit would be a solution ......... is there a voltage issue with coppermines on the old bx boards ?

 

[nippyjun]

maxcom: I have the bx6 1.0 mobo. I'm running a Celeron 2 566 @877 with no problems for the last few months. I use a Iwill slocket 2 with it. This is probably the cheapest upgrade you can make. I had a Celeron 366 @550 before this celeron 2 and the difference is huge. Games are much, much faster now. Shouldn't cost you more then about $70 bucks for the chip and the slocket. If you have any more questions email me. I love the bx6 1.0. I've had it for almost 3 years now, and it keeps on going and upgrading!

 

[maxcom]

you flash the latest bios ?

 

[nippyjun]

Nope, i have old bios, a few versions ago. It doesn't seem to matter since the multiplier is locked.

 

[maxcom]

ttt

 

[Liquidity]

I have this particular motherboard. There isn't much you can do with it as far as overclocking. Check Abit's site (www.abit-usa.com) to see what processors it is capable of handling, because it won't go very high (400mhz PIII if I remember correctly.)

 

[maxcom]

Actually Abit states a PIII 600 is tops with current bios but we know better

 

[maxcom]

ttt

 

[Liquidity]

From the abit website, BX6 product page:

1. Supports Pentium®II 350~450MHz processors cartridge (based on 100MHz clock). 2.Supports Pentium®II 233~333MHz processors cartridge (based on 66MHz clock). 3.Supports Celeron® 266~333MHz processor cartridge (Based on 66MHz clock)

where jo0 see 600mhz? or am I on crack?

 

[maxcom]

um,they have this thing called a bios update ,I suspect you're looking at the original specs when the board was introduced. I doubt you're "on crack", a bit green maybe Try clicking on "downloads" then "bios update" then "bx6".....have fun!


max

 

[awise]

Liquidity

You have to look in the BIOS upgrades section, it says with the latest upgrade the newer processors it supports. I think you were looking at the original release specs.

 

[maxcom]

i hear an echo...lol

 

[Liquidity]

Oh damn.

Now that's piss poor website design if I've ever seen it. I mean, why wouldn't they update the PRODUCT page??

And, I'm on crack.

 

[maxcom]

think about it......folks that bought new boards from vendors with old stock ( and bios ) would be raggin the hell outta Abit......etc.....etc

 

[maxcom]

ttt