NEED HELP: Rebuilding Computer: Abit BH6 mobo

[metroplex]

I'm currently planning to rebuild my computer.

It's got the Abit BH6 mobo, the current BIOS supports Celeron 700s at 66 MHz and Pentium3 600s at 100 MHz.

What CPU options do I have? Its also Slot-1, and I heard I need some kind of PGA adapter?

What cooling fan/heatsink should I get for the CPU?

 

[metroplex]

BTW

If I get a Celeron 700 at 66 MHz, I can run the bus speed at say 100 Mhz and get about 1 GHz???
I'll be using PC133 SDRAM.

 

[John P]

You have 2 options.

1) Buy a 1.0-1.2Ghz Celeron and a FCPGA adapter.
Slotket for 10 bucks at buy.com
Celery 1.2Ghz for $76 at buy.com

May as well add something to you cart to get free shipping at $99. Be sure to update the BIOS on the BH6.

2) Upgrade your mb and processor for just a bit more:
ECS K&S5A at Newegg for $54
Duron 1.2Ghz for $59 at Newegg.com

If you go the Duron/ECS route you can upgrade to DDR RAM and an Athlon XP later.

 

[metroplex]

I forgot to mention that i have the older BH6, not V 1.1

I can definitely use a 1-1.2 GHz Cely on the BH6?
Thanks

 

[wyvrn]

Originally posted by: metroplex
I forgot to mention that i have the older BH6, not V 1.1

I can definitely use a 1-1.2 GHz Cely on the BH6?
Thanks

I could be wrong, but I thought the multiplier stopped at 8.5, meaning max speed of 850 Mhz. That is unless you overclock, and that's a good board for it.

 

[oldfart]

You CAN NOT use a Celeron 1.2 or any other 256K cache Tualatin Celeron! You can use up to the 1.1 Ghz 128K cache Coppermine versions with a slocket. Use version SS bios.

 

[John P]

My bad, I didn't realize that was a Tualatin. You will have to look around for a FCPGA Celery 1.1.

 

[Goi]

You have to get an FC-PGA slotket adapter in order to use the recent(or not so recent) Coppermine128 Celerons of P3 Coppermines, which I'd recommend. I have a Celeron 566 on mine clocked to 850MHz, but you could probably do better if you want to overclock.

If you wanna overclock, get a Celeron 666/700/733/766 and clock the FSB to 100MHz. With good cooling, at least the first 2 should work. I wouldn't recommend overclocking P3s because that would put the FSB too high(133MHz perhaps) and the BH6 doesn't support high AGP/PCI dividers, so this would also overclock the AGP and PCI bus too high for comfort.

If you don't wanna overclock, then grab the fastest P3 Coppermine you can get, which is probably a 1.1GHz one. Don't worry, the Abit BH6 will support it. Just grab the latest BIOS.

I wouldn't recommend the Duron+new mobo option if you're on a budget coz it wouldn't seriously outperform a 1.1GHz P3 Coppermine, and would cost too much, since you'd probably have to get new memory(DDR-SDRAM) as well.

A 1+GHz Celeron/P3 could still last you at least another 1.5 years if you have a good graphics card and you're not doing anything really intensive.

 

[metroplex]

Great!

Is it safe to assume that if the mobo supports (just for arguments sake) 12x multiplierr and supports 66, 75, 83, 100, 112, 124, and 133 MHz FSBs - I could run 12 x 100 ??

 

[metroplex]

I checked my BIOS:

max multiplier is 12x
bus speeds supported:
66 75 100 112 124 133 MHz

If I got a Celeron 1 GHz 128kb Socket 370 100 MHz CPU, it should work on my BH6? Abit's SS BIOS only officially supports up to a Celeron 700 - does this mean anything?

 

[Goi]

Yes, it should work. The BIOS isn't updated...I have my Cel566 clocked to 850MHZ, which is more than 700MHz. Don't go beyond 124MHz though, because it'll mess up your PCI/AGP speeds and might cause instabilities.

 

[metroplex]

My main concern is that the BIOS doesn't directly support the Celeron 1 GHz, and it won't work???

The 1 GHz CPU I found is 100 MHz FSB, and obviously 10x multiplier.

It should work right?

A Celeron 700 is 10.5 x 66, so the mobo definitely supports higher than 10x multipliers (and its not just for show).

 

[oldfart]

It will work. Ignore the 700 MHz limit thing. BTW, by looking at your available FSB speeds, you have the 1.1 rev board, which is better than the 1.0x. You have more bus speeds (124 MHz) and a 1/4 PCI divider, which the 1.0x does not have. You should use the SP BIOS.

 

[metroplex]

Does it matter what brand Slotket I get?

 

[oldfart]

They are pretty hard to find these days. What are your choices?

 

[metroplex]

Soltek, and some other brands - but I found one that is labeled simply as a PGA to Slot 1 bridge for about $17.

The cheapest I found is $10 but with s/h it goes to about $15-17 anyhow.

 

[oldfart]

Be sure it supports FC-PGA