I want to increase my WU times....intel upgrade question

[deez]

I am currently running a celeron 566@850 and my WU times are just over 8 hours on average. I'm running an ABIT BP6 with socket370 to FCPGA adapter. The highest I can go with FSB is 133 and from 100 to 133 I have increments up to 110 (1/3 PCI) then it jumps to 124 (1/4) then 133 (1/4). So my overclocking options above 100FSB aren't that great.

I want to get the best price/performance and hopefully increase WU times by about 2 hours.

I was thinking about getting a cele 900 and running at 1.2 (hopefully) Is anybody crunching with a cele at 1000 or above? What are your times? Think my times will drop about 2 hours with this chip???

I was also thinking maybe an OEM p3 with 100 FSB so I can overclock it but i'm but sure what to get.

I would have posted this in Intel processor forum but since I'm upgrading mainly to increase WU times I posted here

[eh?]

or you could get a really good upgrade and get an amd......

[LandShark]

first, i assumming u were meaning "decreasing ur WU time".

my PIII 1G ave. 'bout 7hr / WU!! and i highly doubt a Celeron could do any better than that consider the FSB and Cache of the chip!! even it's running at 1.2G.

the best choose i would say is to move into AMD. be it Duron (Morgan) or T-bird (Palo). i think u could mirgrate into AMD w/ 'bout $200 nowaday. a little over $100 for the mobo, and spend the rest to get the fastest CPU u can. $68 for a 1.0G T-bird (w/ some luck or a local comp. show), u might able to pick up either an AXIA or better AYHJA which should do u AT LEAST 1.33G. or $49 for a 950Mhz Duron (morgan core), should do u 'bout 1.1-1.2G.

price grabbed from PriceWatch (http://www.pricewatch.com) on 10/30/01

w/ a T-bird clocked at around 1.33-1.4G (highest FSB & memory setting if u could, of course!), u should be looking for 'bout 5hr/WU i assume!! and only spend a little less than $200!

just my 0.02 cents :D

[Cy]

You have three fairly obvious options. Start running two cpus in the bp6 as fast as possible or get a new setup that is faster than our current setup or run two cpus in your bp6 and run the other celey in it's own setup. I would opt for number three myself. I guess another options would be to sell the bp6 and single cpu to someone who wants to run dual etc. and use that money to buy something faster such as the afore mentioned 1g tbird combo.

I know I can always use another dual rig for my farm, I have an empty space on my last kvm and it's killing me! ;)

Cy

[TC]

Since you're stuck with that mobo, I would either get a pair of cd0 stepping celerons, or if you can spend a little more a pair of cd0 P3 1000's. You can overclock those to at least 1.2, if not 1.3+ with good cooling. The extra L2 cache on the P3 will help Seti a good bit.

[fatshlink]

im running on a vp6 duel 1gigs. dont know times cause i just started, let ya know later. I like intels over amd, so i would go whith the p3, also you said "socket370 to FCPGA" , isent socket 370 just another name for FCPGA:confused:

[Cy]

No, they are different electrically.

Cy

[deez]

Thanks for the replies...yes I did mean "decrease" my times

The Old Socket 370 boards like mine are not FCPGA compatible so that is why I needed the socket adapter. And the socket adapter is not SMP compatible so that pretty much knocks out dual processing without doing some serious mods to the board.

And yes I know AMD is faster blah blah but I'm not in the mood or the money to get a new board case and chip right now...just wanted to get the best times I could for about $100 or so

Anybody have seti times on p3's or celerons at 1.0 Ghz or above????????

[TC]

Originally posted by deez
Thanks for the replies...yes I did mean "decrease" my times

The Old Socket 370 boards like mine are not FCPGA compatible so that is why I needed the socket adapter. And the socket adapter is not SMP compatible so that pretty much knocks out dual processing without doing some serious mods to the board.

And yes I know AMD is faster blah blah but I'm not in the mood or the money to get a new board case and chip right now...just wanted to get the best times I could for about $100 or so

Anybody have seti times on p3's or celerons at 1.0 Ghz or above????????

First of all you can modify that board to run FCPGA's in dual without an adapter, but it's not for the faint of heart. Second, I have two dual P3 1GHz setups, and they run around 6.5 to 7 hours per unit.

[LandShark]

yup. my PIII 1G is running in between 6.5 hrs - 7.5hrs depending on the ARs. if u have the choose, try to stick w/ PIII instead of Celeron!! as i've mentioned before, SETI love high FSB and large L2 cache. w/ some luck, u might be able to get quite a bit of o/c'ing.....like mine (see sig).

or, i would really recommand to hold on for a little longer, to wait till u could come up w/ another $50-60 on top of ur $100 budget. (just go work for a friend or something on a real job for a weekend should be ok....;) ) w/ 'bout $150-160, u should be able to move into the AMD parts. or to save $$, might look around to find some used good o/c'ing mobo (like KT7 non-raid, etc.), i don't think people will sell it for much more than $100, should be under.... and left u 'bout $60-70 for a good fast cpu!!

now that definitely will cut u 2hrs WU time!!:cool:

just my 0.02 cent......

[ymNA]

6.5 - 7.5 hrs for a WU? I guess DDR really help my duron :D 5 hrs 15 min to 5 hrs 45 min

[deez]

I have a job...full time but I'm moving soon so thats the main reason my budget is limited. Deposits and first months rent and things add up. And going AMD isn't just buting a board and a chip. I will also need a new case/PSU (mine has a 250 W PSU) thats $65-100 and a new heatsink $30-40. That brings my total to $300 easy as I won't buy a used or cheap board.

TC....yeah I know that you can mod a board to run dual FCPGA without the adapter but I really dont want to screw up a perfectly good board to tell you the truth.

[deez]

looked over some benchmarks on team lamb chop page...TC nice work I saw you all over that page including right at the top

seems like 6-6.5 hours is the best time for a p3 1Ghz+ running at FSB of 133

I know powerleap is working on a Tualatin socket adapter right now....may just have to wait a bit and see if I can get a P3T or even a CeleronT for my board

[TC]

Originally posted by deez
looked over some benchmarks on team lamb chop page...TC nice work I saw you all over that page including right at the top

seems like 6-6.5 hours is the best time for a p3 1Ghz+ running at FSB of 133

I know powerleap is working on a Tualatin socket adapter right now....may just have to wait a bit and see if I can get a P3T or even a CeleronT for my board

Yeah I've submitted a lot of results to them. I'm really wondering how powerleap is going to make an adapter for the tualatin considering how the biggest problem is the move away from gunning transceiver logic. The pin changes are one thing an adapter could do, but the other would need circuitry at the least.

[deez]

They say that the slot 1 to socket adapter is working and has been tested on a few different boards. Looks like its about ready for sale

http://www.powerleap.com/Products/iP3T.htm

They have also said that the socket to socket adapter is still in testing phase.