I immedietly thought of using the Cassified Ads here to try and track down either the TUSL2-C or ST6. However, upon trying to enter the forum, I got this message, "Sorry, you must have at least 100 posts to view threads in this forum." That's totally bunk !! Now I'm ****ed off even more!!
Oh well, nothing I can do (except post a bunch of posts with an "Ignore this Post" subject !!
So how to you feel about refurbished boards ? Do you think that they're any more likely to be DOA or have problems during the coarse of their lifetime? I found a store that says they may have some refurbished ST6's soon (PC Quest USA). Of course, the other issue is, how do I know these guys aren't crooks ?
I finally found my TB1 Celly and now I just can't find a good OCing board.
On the 2nd Tualatin Mobo I bought, which I'm using now, it recognizes that the native FSB is 100 Mhz, therefore it will only allow me to overclock to 131 Mhz FSB (when looking through the .pdf manual before ordering the board I missed that part). Anyway, what a stupid idea (that's why I missed that part - how could I even imagine such a stupid idea to check for?)!! The board is advertised as an "OC" board to make matters worse. And what's the point? It's not like uping the Vcore. The worst that could happen is that your system won't post or will become unstable in Windows. What makes more sense? Allowing a 1000 Mhz EB Coppermine (.18nm) to overclock to 150 FSB, or a Tualatin (.13) Celeron? According to the great brains at MSI, the 1000 Mhz Coppermine of course!! Sorry, had to rant.
P.S. - The 1.3 Ghz Celly seems fast too. It hit 131 FSB without increasing the Vcore and I ran CPU burn for 8 hours straight. It was complelely stable and its average temp was only 28 degress Celcius!!