Buying advice - PIII 1000mhz 133mhz bus

[Will Maltby]

I'm thinking about buying the above cpu but I was wondering about whether there are some bad chips around that I should be aware of. Having bought the worst quality PIII 650 available (average worst in cpu database) I don't wanna go getting another speggy chip.

I have an Abit SH6 and overclocking will be no problem up to 1140mhz (pci 37.5 at this speed).


So basically, is there any stepping or whatever I should be aware of ?

[!-=sky=-!]

if u have asus cusl2c
u might be able to get it to run at around 1250+
i did it for my uncle, he has the same chip and i got it to run 1133 fully stable but his won't go up higher b/c it has crap ram

[outhouse]

i'm running mine at 1200 160 fsb stable and cool with 2 case fans and a cheap hsf lapped with radio shack compound I wish had articsilver but none in my area and i'm not to patient also 1.8 cv 384 corsair ram

[Will Maltby]

that's very good to hear. I'll probably get the chip in April sometime after the next price cuts are done, I think.

anyway, thanks for the advice :)

[Nomis]

Watch out for the cDO stepping it will be out around that time. It will overclock much better than the current cCO stepping.