Tualatin 1.1A hits 1.42 at default but not higher with more volts...

[apoppin]

Oh, that MB.

PIII with RDRAM

If you want highest/higher performance - sell the CPU/adapter and MB - and keep the RDRAM. Match it with a P4 1.8Ghz (and RDRAM MB) and O/C it to 2.4 (or higher). You were planning to sell your MB anyway. What you get for your CPU/PL adapter should nearly cover a new 1.8 P4.

I seriously doubt there is much more O/C'ing headroom in your Tually CPU. At any rate - it is still a "dead-end" (like mine).

 

[alkemyst]

Mine is a 1.1A Celeron Tualatin on a BX6r2 at 129MHz (1.42GHz) and a Retail 128MB 8500

PCMark:
CPU: 3738
Mem: 1944 (256MB, 128MB, 128MB Crucial PC133 CAS2 at 2-2-2)
HDD: 991 (IBM 60GB 60GXP on Promise Ultra 100)

3DMarks: 8104

UT2003 at 1028x768
FLYBY: 110.216743
BOTMATCH: 41.052994

pretty good for a pretty old machine.

 

[PhoenixOfWater]

If you want highest/higher performance - sell the CPU/adapter and MB - and keep the RDRAM. Match it with a P4 1.8Ghz (and RDRAM MB) and O/C it to 2.4 (or higher). You were planning to sell your MB anyway. What you get for your CPU/PL adapter should nearly cover a new 1.8 P4.

Well with its modo i only needed to use one stick of RDRAM...so i would still need to get more ram and its only PC800...and the chip will boot at 1.4GB at a stock volt but will not load WIN XP...

 

[apoppin]

PhoenixOfWater, let me try again . . . just one more time.

You may spend some $$$ for a brand new MB and only get 5-10% more performance (if THAT - I seriously doubt your CPU will give more without extreme cooling measures) . . . and you are STILL at a dead end.

Save your MB money for a RDRAM p4 MB. When you can afford it, get that P4 and another stick of RDRAM and you will have a screamin' machine with an UPGRADE PATH.

Of course it's your money.

 

[PhoenixOfWater]

but I only have PC800...with a P4 system would it be better to get PC1066(i think thats it)... and didn't INTEL stop makeing chipset with for RDRAM? how much do you think i can get for
Abit BX6 R2
Powerleap Ver 2.0
Tualatin 1.1A (Retail with box)
256MB of K-byte SDRAM
that way i can keep the setup I have now and sell the old stuff(that why i can have the best of both worlds) and I have some DDR that am not useing so i can get a P4 with DDR

What do you think?

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: PhoenixOfWater
but I only have PC800...with a P4 system would it be better to get PC1066(i think thats it)... and didn't INTEL stop makeing chipset with for RDRAM? how much do you think i can get for
Abit BX6 R2
Powerleap Ver 2.0
Tualatin 1.1A (Retail with box)
256MB of K-byte SDRAM
that way i can keep the setup I have now and sell the old stuff(that why i can have the best of both worlds) and I have some DDR that am not useing so i can get a P4 with DDR

What do you think?

You are forgetting PC800 can frequently be O/C'd to PC1066 levels. The new MBs allow you to lock just about everything (PCI/AGP/Memory speed) while you O/C. With a maxed out 1.8P4 you are talking a 50+% improvement in your performance (not a "maybe" 5-10% with your CPU).

Head over to FS/T Forum. You can get an excellent idea what your parts are worth. I sold all my old stuff - I was not only very pleasantly surprised how much I got but the people who got them were happy.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: PhoenixOfWater
...how much do you think i can get for
Abit BX6 R2
Powerleap Ver 2.0
Tualatin 1.1A (Retail with box)
256MB of K-byte SDRAM
...

What do you think?

Based on my observations and having purchased the PL and 1.1A recently:

Abit $30-40
PowerLeap $30-50
Tutalatin $35-$45
256MB $30-50 (depends if Crucial is on sale or not)

prices are shipped prices.

 

[0roo0roo]

hmm sweet

was poking around the forums and this thread led me down the path to these sites. overclockers.com instructions for tualatin in a BX board.


looks easy enough. all this time i thought my bx was a dead end. 50 dollars for 1.333ghz!! i will order this weekend

 

[alkemyst]

the wire and blocking mod is easy, but it seems there is a lot of debate to what works best. I spent $50 and had a Powerleap adapter sent to my house. I bought a 1.1A for $45 shipped, and a Alpha PEP60t for $20 or 30 something shipped...the joy of it all was getting a 1.42GHz upgrade and getting paid almost $100 to do so (PIII 850E sold for $179.50, Alpha 3125 for $15 shipped or so).

It runs well, I still like the BX chipset, the only thing I dislike is the AGP running so out of spec at higher overclocks.

 

[0roo0roo]

luckily i don't have to worry about that my m/b is not all that old, apollo pro that can do 133mhz with agp dividers

 

[PhoenixOfWater]

I like that score that my mobo (Asus P3C-E) is giveing me so I think its a keeper... so i'm going to sell my old stuff (BX mobo,chip and etc...) and get any other stick of RDRAM, and later upgade to one of the NEW chips and mobo that are comming out...

 

[Idoxash]

dude i have a PIII 1266mhz 512 best damn cpu i ever had put it in a intel mobo with the 815e stlye chipsets got rid of my over heatting athlons and later i will build a fleet of these bad boys i got my cpu when they were 360!!! now there for 180 and the 1400 mhz just a lill over 218! im like this amd dude that went to PIII s you could say all thoe i will never buy one of them darn p4 thingys.... all i can say is go out and just get a better mobo then the one you got sdram is all this baby needs anyways....