WOOT - new cpu for the ole BX now @ 1.26ghz

[Wiz]

Just got my iNtel boxed 1000mhz 100fsb cpu and plugged it into my MSI BX master mobo.
Couldn't get it to run at 133 fsb, it would post but not get into Winblos, so I took it down to 126 fsb and now it's burning in a seti WU.
1.26 ghz on a BX mobo, how sweet it is
THis is with the stock HSF from intel. I suppose if I pried that off & put a good HSF on there with some AS3 it might just be a keeper at 1.33 or above

 

[RaySun2Be]

 

[DJSnairdA]

Excellent Wiz!

 

[deerslayer]

Sweeeeeet!!!!!!

 

[ElFenix]

tell me how that is with the old SDRAM... i was thinking about doing the powerleap upgrade myself on a dell...

 

[mgpaulus]

I just did the Powerleap upgrade on a Dell GX1 from a P3-550 to a Tualatin Celeron 1.3GHz. Nice. And Sandra Sisoft shows it more being more responsive than a P4-1.6GHz.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: mgpaulus
I just did the Powerleap upgrade on a Dell GX1 from a P3-550 to a Tualatin Celeron 1.3GHz. Nice. And Sandra Sisoft shows it more being more responsive than a P4-1.6GHz.

Wow, that's quite impressive! I really should upgrade my aging 500MHz Celeron, but I doubt the motherboard (with the SiS 630 chipset) would handle any Tualatins (sp?). Any ideas on what the maximum that I could put in it is? Or maybe I'd just be better off spending the money on upgrading my 800MHz Duron to some model of Athlon XP...

 

[Swanny]

BX = Good

 

[mgpaulus]

Originally posted by: jliechty

Originally posted by: mgpaulus
I just did the Powerleap upgrade on a Dell GX1 from a P3-550 to a Tualatin Celeron 1.3GHz. Nice. And Sandra Sisoft shows it more being more responsive than a P4-1.6GHz.

Wow, that's quite impressive! I really should upgrade my aging 500MHz Celeron, but I doubt the motherboard (with the SiS 630 chipset) would handle any Tualatins (sp?). Any ideas on what the maximum that I could put in it is? Or maybe I'd just be better off spending the money on upgrading my 800MHz Duron to some model of Athlon XP...

Well.... First thing I would do is check the powerleap site. I am using a PL-iP3/T Slot1 adapter (It's like a supercharged Slotket, w/it's own VR onboard). My Mobo supports 66 & 100FSB, so the fastest I could put in there w the PL was a 1.4GHz Celeron. However, the sweet spot @ newegg for me was the 1.3, so that's what I went with. If you mobo can do 133MHz, then you should be able to pick about any new tualatin CPU to put in there, assuming it's a slot 1 board.

You can either check the site, or post your board brand/model, and see what floats up to the top.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: mgpaulus

Originally posted by: jliechty

Originally posted by: mgpaulus
I just did the Powerleap upgrade on a Dell GX1 from a P3-550 to a Tualatin Celeron 1.3GHz. Nice. And Sandra Sisoft shows it more being more responsive than a P4-1.6GHz.

Wow, that's quite impressive! I really should upgrade my aging 500MHz Celeron, but I doubt the motherboard (with the SiS 630 chipset) would handle any Tualatins (sp?). Any ideas on what the maximum that I could put in it is? Or maybe I'd just be better off spending the money on upgrading my 800MHz Duron to some model of Athlon XP...

Well.... First thing I would do is check the powerleap site. I am using a PL-iP3/T Slot1 adapter (It's like a supercharged Slotket, w/it's own VR onboard). My Mobo supports 66 & 100FSB, so the fastest I could put in there w the PL was a 1.4GHz Celeron. However, the sweet spot @ newegg for me was the 1.3, so that's what I went with. If you mobo can do 133MHz, then you should be able to pick about any new tualatin CPU to put in there, assuming it's a slot 1 board.

You can either check the site, or post your board brand/model, and see what floats up to the top.

The board in question is an ECS P6STM, a socket 370 board with the SiS 630 chipset. I checked on the ECS website just a few moments ago, and it appears that the board doesn't support Tualatin processors, even with a BIOS update. Guess I can either go with a slower Celeron (Pentium 3s are way too expensive), or just worry about upgrading my main box to something better.

 

[Wiz]

Two WU's done so far, first 5hr 40min secone at 5hr 26min. Nice improvement.

Just about got my 'black beauty' put together with the 1800+ & 768 MB DDR.
This one is gonna put out some WU's...
Besides the nice black Lite On DVD player I put a black Lite On 40x12x48 CDRW & black floppy all in the mid sized black case.
It's gonna be so sweet Now to get an OS installed...

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: mgpaulus

Originally posted by: jliechty

Originally posted by: mgpaulus
I just did the Powerleap upgrade on a Dell GX1 from a P3-550 to a Tualatin Celeron 1.3GHz. Nice. And Sandra Sisoft shows it more being more responsive than a P4-1.6GHz.

Wow, that's quite impressive! I really should upgrade my aging 500MHz Celeron, but I doubt the motherboard (with the SiS 630 chipset) would handle any Tualatins (sp?). Any ideas on what the maximum that I could put in it is? Or maybe I'd just be better off spending the money on upgrading my 800MHz Duron to some model of Athlon XP...

Well.... First thing I would do is check the powerleap site. I am using a PL-iP3/T Slot1 adapter (It's like a supercharged Slotket, w/it's own VR onboard). My Mobo supports 66 & 100FSB, so the fastest I could put in there w the PL was a 1.4GHz Celeron. However, the sweet spot @ newegg for me was the 1.3, so that's what I went with. If you mobo can do 133MHz, then you should be able to pick about any new tualatin CPU to put in there, assuming it's a slot 1 board.

You can either check the site, or post your board brand/model, and see what floats up to the top.

well it can't officially do 133 (stupid intel boards) but softFSB can change it... had it at 124MHz once but didn't work real well. the ram was only pc100 so i didn't have much hope

 

[ColinP]

jliechty,

your board doesn't need to support tualitin !!! the powerleap adaptor takes care of the voltage conversion etc..

check out here and look at the compatibility charts,

later

Col

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: ColinP
jliechty,

your board doesn't need to support tualitin !!! the powerleap adaptor takes care of the voltage conversion etc..

check out here and look at the compatibility charts,

later

Col

Hmm, apparently my board supports regular P3s with the 133MHz FSB, so the adaptor should work ok. Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[micron]

 

[Smoke]

WOOT back at you, WIZ!

Sounds like you're having fun.

 

[mgpaulus]

I also just got done upgrading a Jetway VA4 from a Celeron 8.5x100@110 (935) to a P3-1.2GHz (9x133), using the Powerleap PL-370T. The main requirement for that baby is that your MoBo accept a FSB of 133, and your VR can handle the 1.46 Voltage. If it can meet those, the Powerleap adapter will handle the rest.

 

[BadThad]

Originally posted by: Wiz
Two WU's done so far, first 5hr 40min secone at 5hr 26min. Nice improvement.

Just about got my 'black beauty' put together with the 1800+ & 768 MB DDR.
This one is gonna put out some WU's...
Besides the nice black Lite On DVD player I put a black Lite On 40x12x48 CDRW & black floppy all in the mid sized black case.
It's gonna be so sweet Now to get an OS installed...

What AR were those wu's? I suspect you will average out at around 5 hours/wu. My BX 1GHz P3 at 1050 (140 fsb/CAS2 SDRAM/Win2k) averages 5 hr 32 min with around 1000 wu's done. The P3 still amazes me on a BX board. This system just feels "snappy".

 

[Wiz]

After 4 WU's I'm getting about 5 1/2 hour averages so far, I know it would be faster if I could up the FSB, but it wont go faster with the retail HSF on there.
I need to get a good cooler on the thing but it has to be for the SECC2 slot1.
I've found a couple of the dual fan & tri fan HSF's on some online shops, they would likely do the trick but it would be nice to have an alpha.
So far I haven't found one for the SECC2 but I know they made one.