Do cCOs ALWAYS overclock better than cBOs?

[Clevor]

There's one place that is selling cCO Pentium III 750, 100 fsb, SECC 2, OEM for around $100. But looking on the CPU database, I don't see many of these SL4BZ chips, except at the bottom. I see a lot of the cBO chips at the top. What gives? Maybe not many people got around to overclocking these before they moved on to 800 or 850s?

Yeah, I know the 700 is a better overclocker and the 750 probably won't get much higher, but I already got a 700 and want to try something else.

[JetMech]

If I understand you correctly you are looking to buy a chip. The best results will be with a FC_PGA socket type chip. There is something about the slot that impedes high overclocking. The fact is a cco is the next version up from a cbo and will normally push farther or overclock better than the cbo (all other components in the system being equal of course). If you're lookng for a good overclock chip in that price range go with the 800mhz Celeron CCO. This is a beautiful overclocker. It's is a FC-PGA.

[Clevor]

"There is something about the slot that impedes high overclocking."

You would think so, except if you look at the CPU database, a lot of the highest scores are with SECC 2s. And problem is, I got mainly Slot 1 440BX motherboards, and I heard a Slocket moves the traces farther from the board, which may affect performance.

I just took a closer look at the Intel stepping guide, and now they claim there is a cDO version of this chip, but I've never seen it.

[JetMech]

Originally posted by Clevor
"There is something about the slot that impedes high overclocking."

You would think so, except if you look at the CPU database, a lot of the highest scores are with SECC 2s. And problem is, I got mainly Slot 1 440BX motherboards, and I heard a Slocket moves the traces farther from the board, which may affect performance.

I just took a closer look at the Intel stepping guide, and now they claim there is a cDO version of this chip, but I've never seen it. You're right.:o It is the slocket that impeeds. My bad.:) I think I remember a thread last week from someont stating that Intel had released some chips in that range. Check this site www.azzo.com . They pretest chips and guarantee overclockability of some of the stuff they sell.