Whats the diff in a Celeron 600 and 600A

[Perryg114]

Ok so what is the difference in a Celeron 600 FCPGA and a 600A FCPGA. My local shop has the 600A and I was wondering if it would be a good overclocker. It and OEM chip in the box.

Perry

 

[Perryg114]

Somebody must have and answer. Maybe there is not and A version.

Perry

 

[Dark4ng3l]

The a is coppermine.

 

[pandaflux]

they both are coppermine. Intel never made a Mendocino Celeron over 533mhz. Could the difference be the stepping and CPUID of each? CPU intel produced a Celeron II @ 600 @ 1.5v (0683h) and a newer Celeron II @ 600 @ 1.7v (0686h). I've never heard of an a Celeron revision "A"other than the 533A FC-PGA.

matthew

 

[EvilDonnyboy]

the people who made called them "600a" are stupid. The "a" used to mean it had an L2 cache, in the Mendocino days. There were 266 and 300mhz celerons that had NO L2 cache. Then Intel released new celerons with a 128kb ON-DIE cache. They were at 300mhz and 333mhz. To differenciate between the old celey's and the new celeys w/ L2 they put an "a" at the end of the name. So 300mhz celey w/ L2 is called 300a. No L2 it'd be called 300.

But there were no cache'less cely's after 300mhz, so you didn't need to use an "a" in the name anymore. But there are ppl who are slow and un-informed.

 

[Perryg114]

Thanks guys I thought the vendor might have been full of it. They have the 566 and 600 Mhz Celerons in the OEM package. From reading the forums and articles it looks like the 566 is the best overclocker.

Perry