2nd system - good cheap cpu to overclock on BE6-II version 1

[Cisco Kid]

Hi,

I need to put a system together for my wife. I use AMD but since I have an Abit BE6-II mobo kicking around I figure I can put a pretty decent system together cheap. I wouldn't mind setting up 2 10 gig drives in raid as well, can not remeber if board supports w built in raid or do I need raid card?

Considering a celly of some sort or should I just find a used PIII700. just sold my sl45y cBo 700 wish I would have kept it LOL.

Here is gear I will be using that I have scrounged up

230 watt p supply
16 inch atx case
Afreey 50X CDROM drive
Creative 16 mb TNT
Aopen AW200 Sound Card
1-128 mb pc133 Infenion & 1-256 pc133 Infenion Ram
Couple of the cheapest 10 gig 5400 rpm drives I can find possibly Fujitsu
Realtek 8039 nic card
Optiquest Q71 17" monitor
Liteon 12x10x32 CDRW with Burn Proof and software

I need a decent cpu as she will use system for Photoshop and digital photography but cost is an issue as well Celly are real cheap but PIII cost more, I may have a line on a celeron 300a that will overclock to 550 would that be good enough??

All feedback welcomed

Cisco Kid

[Jon]

P3 700 would be my first choice. Probably the Celly 600 would be my second.

[Cisco Kid]

Can I do raid on this board? Is it built in or do I need to add on something, too lazy to go to abit.com off to bed shortly, LOL little one has tired me out today......

Cisco Kid:cool:

[Mr B]

Does it have a pair of orange IDE sockets?? That's the 2.0 version, with the RAID controller.

The 1.0 and 1.2 versions don't have RAID. Still nice boards, but the ATA100/RAID ices the cake.

I just got one, showed up DOA. Got it thru e-BAY, and the guy said it worked when he shipped it.

I found out why it don't work... I KNOW BETTER... $#^#(^$ ripoff... =( It certainly did not work when he shipped it. I found a bent pin in the cpu slot. I tried to fix it and it broke off inside the slot itself...**snivelwhinemoangrumble**

I've got another one coming, but it's only a 1.0. **sigh** I don't have multiple hard drives to set up a RAID anywho...

[Propilot]

Mine is a BE6-II 2.0 and it has BLUE sockets.
Just checked has the correct sticker on it. Its true! :)

[Mr B]

Hmmm.. every pic I've seen of the 2.0 had orange IDE sockets for the ATA100. I guess that's not a sure-fire ID method then...lol

[engjohn]

I have 2 BE6-II v2 MB's and one has blue ATA100 connections and the other has Orange...

[Clevor]

Well I have a BE6-II, Ver. 2.0 and my IDE sockets are green!

Actually, it is probably an early board since the PCB still says BE6-II, but there is a RAID sticker on the HPT controller, and the label on the ISA slot says Ver. 2.0.

Can't complain though, got it at a use computer parts store for $40, since it was mislabeled as a BE6-II.

And if you get a BE6-II Ver. 1.2 with the white connectors, you can always flash the BIOS to convert it to a Ver. 2.0.