Is this guy for real? C600@1 GHz with this auction

[Exiler]

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1239191720

Allright, I have seen this guy sell lots of these (Through his feedback). Now I really dont want the 1Ghz, just the 100 FSB, so C600@900.

My question is he says he used the Golden Orb, can this Orb really cool the CPU enough to stay stable at 900? Also what about the Slotket, this is the ASUS one, so it must be good. Also the voltage at 1.8 for 900Mhz, is that the temp you guys use for is it higher for you?

Any idea how much power the Orb uses, that it does not fry the mobo header? My mobo is quite old and I need to know the correct voltage the orb sucks.

How much RPM and Decibel does the orb makes? Is it really loud like a Delta 38 (I had to get rid of that, cause I could hear it from my living room)

Also I usually would use my Arctic Silver instead of the cheap gunk he is offering.

And another thing, is there any other place I can get a C600 cC0 600 FC-PGA (tested to work at 900) at cheaper rate with a Orb and a Asus Slotket? He says he will sell it for about $15 (Orb) and $20 (Slotket).

I really dont care about the extra 1-5C temp difference between a Orb and a Better heatsink, all I care that it runs stable at 900.

And another thing, using the slotket, if I set the FSB at 100, the PCI FSB doesnt really change does it? I mean I set the C at 100 FSB, and the slotket says so the mobo that its set at 100, the PCI is not linked to this is it? I can understand that if using a Flip-Chip directly on the mobo and increasing the FSB have direct effect to the mobo PCI, but for the slotket prevents this in the first place right?

[JaY_III]

i think this is for real
the ORB can take it (mine can 633 @ 105FSB)
the fan is a 5400 RPM fan. it is not that loud to me, but my girlfriend thinks it is (well she did at first, used to it now)
i would like soimthing better than an orb, but slotkets dont alow for much room so,,,, ORb is the best I can get, if YOU can get something better, get it

The paste he is using is not bad paste at all
www.amkcomputers.bc.ca uses the same stuff and they are an overclocking store (but they dont like artic silver as if ut gets to hot it forms a foil)

[Pinky]

He's for real, but is he for real?? Dunno, don't like the whole slotket idea, just not a good practice. I personally think that OC is next to impossible with the setup described...

I'll just say I'm keeping my money in my pocket. Looks like a gimmick.

[Rooster1]

yes, i have one of his chips. he is just sellinbg the chip not the other stuff. the one i got works just fine

[Placid]

Yes it should be ok.
I would not bid too much as you can buy a similar item here:
http://www.overclockedcpus.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=O&Category_Code=1036
Everyday for 69.50

Golden orbs go for about $20.00 they are very quiet.
You dont need a slotket if you have a fc-pga socket mobo.
If you need a slotket they are $16.00 at the above link.
The asus one is ok but the msi 6095 is better imho.

[Slake]

Pinky (May 23, 2001 09:36 a.m.):
He's for real, but is he for real?? Dunno, don't like the whole slotket idea, just not a good practice. I personally think that OC is next to impossible with the setup described...

I'll just say I'm keeping my money in my pocket. Looks like a gimmick.

There are lots of Slotketed cel 600's with great results in the CPU database. He said he tested on an Abit BE6 which is one of, if not THE very best board for squeezing the coppermine Celerons. The famous Mr B uses a slotket, I think on a Soyo board (this week LOL). If I thought I was gonna stick with my Celeron very long, I would have gotten a Slot 1 BX board and an MSI Slotket. Sometimes I wish thats what I had done.
Oh, and for cooling check out Mr B's setup. Alphas fit just fine on a slotket some are designed spcifically for the purpose. They kick serious cooling butt!
My opinion.

[hooww are youu doing]

READ THIS

This FC-PGA Celeron II 600 CPU has been tested ROCK SOLID at 1008MHz(112MHzX9) for """"""ten hours running """"""""Final Reality(Test Program)" at 100% CPU loaded.

>>>the chip has TO run stable for aleast 24 Hours before you cant say its rock solid. 10 hours is not good enough.
Look for cpu that have been tested for aleast 24hours rocksolid......
I think this guy is full of cow poo.

[Mr B]

Sounds like you've been to e-BAY, and are quoting "JBlann's" ad listings...

If so, I bought my first C600 from him. He pretested it to 945 MHz, for SIX hours running a program whose name eludes me at the moment.

I ran this C600 for quite a while...945 @ 1.9v as described. I tried higher vcore settings, and pushed the FSB up, but 945 was the max for that chip. Different slockets, and hsf's, nothing worked. Advertised for 945 MHz, ran 945..no problems. Just no faster. BUT, if it ran faster, he would have sold it as such. If you were in the game of selling pretested cpu's, wouldn't you want to know where max was, so you could sell it for the most $$ ?? I would.

If this guy says 1GHz for a C600, it likely will run there. A lot of the cC0 C600's will, and quite a few cB0 600's as well.

Again, if you're looking at e-BAY, at JBlann's listings, he's a reputable guy, who stands behind what he sells. I got my chip, with a Soltek slocket, and Gorb, all set up and assembled. I plugged it in and five minutes later, the fan in the Gorb died. I happened to be watching it at the time (had the case side off, as I had just installed it), so I was able to hit the kill switch before anything bad happened.

He replaced the Gorb, no questions asked.

Please note I am not getting any "kickback" from this gentleman, I am just very happy with the product he sold me, and the service he rendered.

As far as the chip you question, I'd be willing to bet it will run at 112 FSB (1008 MHz), and no faster. But it WILL run there stably.

My $.02

Mr B

*update* I didn't see the hyperlink at the very top of the first post...my bad. Different vendor, but what I said still applies. There's quite a few different people selling pre-tested cpu's on e-bay, and judging from this guy's feedback, he's pretty good with what he sells.

Pinky, a slocket setup is the hot ticket to overclocking a Celeron. If you get a good quility slocket, that's CuMine compatable, has a wide range of vcore settings, you can do wonders with these (and the FC-PGA P///) chips.

Try and find a motherboard that will allow you to kick the vcore setting from 1.7v (default cC0 Celeron) to 2.0v or more. I burned my C600 (different chip than the one I mention above) at 2.05v for a while, got a max of 1053 MHz, and then toned it down to a reasonable vcore setting. At 1.9v, I could get 1017 MHz stable. All day. The only other way to get a vcore this high on a s370 mb is to use the vid pin wire trick, which is a tricky propisition. You wrap that wire around the wrong pin, and bye bye chip. I'd rather just mount it in a slocket....lots easier.

Hsf's and slockets.....Alpha's PEP66T is DESIGNED to work on a slocket type application. I've used this setup (C600/Soltek SL02A++/Alpha PEP66T) on;

A-Trend ATA-V931-CX0,
Soyo 6BA+III,
Asus P3C2000,

motherboards, and have never had any problems with clearance issues. The Soyo setup cost me ONE dimm slot, but two were open, and two 128 PC133 sticks is plenty of RAM....256 MB of RAM is more than enough for 99+% of any applications.....

$.02 more...(that's $.04 for this post...lol)

[Slake]

Mr B has spoken, So it is written, so it shall be.
LOL Seriously though, it's hard to argue with his success.
(he's my idol) But don't tell him. He may get a big head.

I fantasize about tying Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Laura's feet together and throwing them over a clothesline. (reinforced line) Does that make me bad?

[Mr B]

Slake (May 23, 2001 09:31 p.m.):
Mr B has spoken, So it is written, so it shall be.
LOL Seriously though, it's hard to argue with his success.
(he's my idol) But don't tell him. He may get a big head.

I fantasize about tying Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Laura's feet together and throwing them over a clothesline. (reinforced line) Does that make me bad?

I'd pay $19.95 plus shipping for the VHS commercial free version of that, Slake....let me know when it becomes available. I'll have the VCR all warmed up......

Mr B

Um, yeah...that would have to be some HEAVILY REINFORCED line, too....lol

[Criminal]

My cb0 Celeron2 600 runs fine @ 900 with 1.75 v and golden orb. It's also stable at 945, but with 1.95 v, which is too high for a small jump in Mhz, so i run it at 900.