Abandoning 1.1E P3 for 1.0EB... :-(

[Xaeryan]

After having the P3 SL5QW 1.1GHz 100FSB chip for a while, I decided I'm reverting back to my ol' 1.0GHz 133FSB chip...
I loved the 1.1 - it overclocked to 1320 stable, stayed cool, and I didn't have to worry about problems with PCI cards, RAM, etc. running out of spec. But it just won't go much higher, and the 1.0GHz (which I am currently running at 1162) offers a higher FSB (155) which renders it superior to the 1.1 @ 1320 in games (what I'm interested in). Although, now I have to worry about heat production, running stuff out of spec, etc... Anyway, I just thought I'd give my info, for those who are interested.
deez, godfodda, radadman - sorry to disappoint!

[soil]

Originally posted by Xaeryan
the 1.1 - it overclocked to 1320 stable, stayed cool, and I didn't have to worry about problems with PCI cards, RAM, etc. running out of spec. But it just won't go much higher...

were you using 1/3 or 1/4 divider then, and what's the Vcore?:D

[Xaeryan]

The voltage was 1.85 for 1320. It could do around 1370, but only partially stable... as for the divider, hmmm, that's a good question. There is no BIOS option for the CUSL2 to adjust divider, and I'm pretty sure I remember PCI being slower than spec, so I'm gonna say it stayed at 1/4. I really never thought of that... hmm, I could've been pushing the PCI limits even with my 1.1 if the divider kicked down to 1/3... but I'm sure that's not the problem anyway, as I yanked all cards when I tried going extreme. But the RAM was still running under spec, and now I'm running it way over-spec (155FSB @ 2-2-2 5-7).

[soil]

1.85v...a bloke here is running his PIII at 2.3v so this may be the max but you don't want to up a bit before giving up?:D

I mean 11x140 is 1540:D

[Yodums]

Thats why I like EBs a little better..

Although their speed to overclock doesn't look too attractive but, their FSB are always hitting 150+

[Xaeryan]

soil: The maximum voltage supported on my board without doing vid-pin wraps is 2.1V. The chip won't boot @ 1397 with 2.1V. Bumping it down a few FSB with the same voltage and it's still unstable... This is after several weeks of burning it in.

[soil]

:( :( :( :(

[deez]

Originally posted by Xaeryan
After having the P3 SL5QW 1.1GHz 100FSB chip for a while, I decided I'm reverting back to my ol' 1.0GHz 133FSB chip...
I loved the 1.1 - it overclocked to 1320 stable, stayed cool, and I didn't have to worry about problems with PCI cards, RAM, etc. running out of spec. But it just won't go much higher, and the 1.0GHz (which I am currently running at 1162) offers a higher FSB (155) which renders it superior to the 1.1 @ 1320 in games (what I'm interested in). Although, now I have to worry about heat production, running stuff out of spec, etc... Anyway, I just thought I'd give my info, for those who are interested.
deez, godfodda, radadman - sorry to disappoint!

Cant really blame you...if your other chip is running faster then go for it...I'm pretty happy with mine at 1309 right now...its a hell of an upgrade from cele 566@850. Your PCI was probably running at 40Mhz at 1320 or at least thats what it would run on the TUSL-2C. I'm keeping mine at 1309 to keep the AGP from going into 1/2 mode as it seems to do that at 1320 on my board and I dont wanna try the tweaked AGP bios just yet as I've had bad experience with tweaked bios in the past on other boards

[BoYRaCeR]

Thats too bad... i swapped my EB because it couldn't stay stable at 1200 and at 160FSB i was getting worried about my array. Add to that...how GF3s or at least mine doesn't like an OC AGP. :( With my setup up now the only thing out of spec if my CPU. :D

[soil]

I think Xaeryan mentioned using 1/4 divider at 120FSB. So if using 1/3 divider ie, PIII1100E@1320(120x11, 40PCI bus) is still slower than a PIII1000EB@1162 (155x7.5, 38.75PCI bus)...?

I have to be at spec as my Realtek LAN card begins to slow down and dis-connect at PCI bus > 33, any recommendation for an o/c friendly LAN card? Some said Intel's no good and recommended 3-Com's

[Xaeryan]

well, my LinkSys LNE 10/100 NIC is doing fine @ 38 PCI... At 160 FSB (40PCI) the computer fails to make it through boot, but I believe it is my RAM that is limiting me - when RAM is set to 3-3-3 it OCCASIONALLY boots into Windows at 160 FSB...

so, basically the LinkSys seems to be OK to 40 PCI.

[soil]

ummm...any idea what is the chip set used in the LinkSys LNE 10/100 NIC? Here may not have the same brand but maybe same design...

[deez]

my old 3-com card overclocks great....most NIC's are pretty much the same tho...just dont buy compusa brand or anything you never heard of...you should be ok with Netgear, D-link, 3-com, Aopen, Linksys etc...

[Yodums]

Originally posted by soil
ummm...any idea what is the chip set used in the LinkSys LNE 10/100 NIC? Here may not have the same brand but maybe same design...

They all run great like deez mentioned. The reason why you hit to 3com because of its quality, it has amazing features and it love the high FSB, it has a need for speed.

But other than 3com the brands that are neutral to me are; Linksys, Netgear, Intel, and D-Link.

[deez]

Yodums...get a new mobo yet?