P3 800 vs. Cel 800?

[jjm]

Is the P3 really worth almost 3X the Cel price?:Q

 

[Kingofcomputer]

the p3 is really faster than celeron, but not at 3x.
in my opinion, it's not worth to buy p3 800 at 3x price of cel 800.
cel 1.2 is a much better buy now.

 

[jjm]

Thanks. I have a BX Master board and I'm not sure if it can handle the 1.2 Cel. I am currently running the 466 Cel clocked to 525. Any suggestions?

 

[Kingofcomputer]

BX Master CPU Support Status

revision: 3.0A with BIOS version: 5.5

is currently validated for the following processors:
Note that only the highest speed is shown. If not otherwise indicated, the lower speed processors have already been validated.

Intel PII (Klamath, Slot 1) 300MHz
Intel PII (Deschutes, Slot 1) 450MHz
Intel Celeron (w/o Cache, Slot 1) 300MHz
Intel Celeron A (Slot 1) 500MHz
Intel Celeron A (FPGA 370) 533MHz
Intel Celeron II (Coppermine, FCPGA, FSB 66) 700MHz
Intel Celeron II (Coppermine FCPGA) 800MHz
Intel PIII (Katmai, Slot 1, FSB 100) 600MHz
Intel PIII (Coppermine, Slot 1, FSB 100) 850MHz
Intel PIII (Coppermine, Slot 1, FSB 133) 866MHz [overclocking]
Intel PIIIE (Coppermine, FCPGA, FSB 100) 850MHz
Intel PIIIEB (Coppermine, FCPGA, FSB 133) 1000MHz [overclocking]
Intel PIIIEB (Coppermine, FCPGA, FSB 100) 1000MHz

Cel 1.2 is FCPGA2, you need to buy a slot1 to FCPGA2 slotket, powerleap has that, with Cel 1.2 - $169
http://www.powerleap.com/Products/iP3T.htm

If you already have a slot1 to FCPGA slotket, I'd suggest to upgrade to Cel 1.0, Cel 1.0 right now has the best price/speed in FCPGA Cel line.

If your memory is PC100, you could also consider Duron plus new mb upgrade. For the price of powerleap iP3T, you could buy a newly released Cel 1.2 killer - Duron 1.2 plus new mb.

 

[jjm]

Thanks. I have a slotket and my memory is Crucial rated at 133, so I think I might go for the Cel 1.0.

 

[JWMiddleton]

I recently bought a Celly2-850 and currently have it OC'ed to 8.5 x 124 = 1.054 GHz. I bought it as an experiment to see how much better it would be than a Celly2-600/900. I then used to Celly2-600 to replace my daughter's Cel-300A/450, which will replace my Cousin's PII-300. All the system run SETI@Home and I'm just trying to improve output. So far the results are great!

When I get back to my Corportate Apt. after the holidays I plan to try the new celly2 at 133 FSB. I currently have the retail HSF installed, might need to change that. Actually I hope it will still be running when I get back. The mobo is an ABIT BH6 rev1.0. The BIOS thinks it is an 800EB, but it still works. The multiplier is set automatically and I can adjust the FSB. This old board doesn't have many FSB options.

If your system supports it, you might try the 900MHz and OC it, instead of getting a 1.2 GHz.

 

[rogue1979]

Save your money and get the Celeron 800. Put your fsb on 133 and raise the core voltage to 1.80 and enjoy 1066MHz. It will be much faster than a celeron 1GHz because you will be running a 133MHz fsb vs. 100. I haven't seen a single 800 Celeron that hasn't made the 133MHz fsb jump yet. My wife has one running 1100MHz right now, very easy overclock, just like the old 566@850.

 

[compuwiz1]

I've got a C800 @ 1.2GHz running 150MHz fsb on a BX Master.

 

[UJ09]

I'm using Abit BH6 rev1.0, which is running 952(8.5x112), but from what I understood the rev 1.0 didn't have 1/4 PCI divider, so how come you guy can go beyond 124 even 133 FSB?

 

[rogue1979]

The BX Master and the MSI 6337 LE5 do have a 1/4 pci divider, although I don't think the BX chipset can support a 1/2 agp divider, the 815EP chipset does.