ABIT VH6 + CELLY 1ghz?

[RisrullarN]

how is this mobo? I DONT KNOW WHAT TO BUY, i have a guy wanna sell me this for $40..

fsb settings? vcore? dividers? mem timings? etc.. thx..!

[Trap]

man...didn't you buy that CUSL2 few days ago?
What happened?

[batboy]

The old BH6 (uses the BX chipset) was a great classic back in it's day, but the Abit BE6 is a better slot 1 mobo. Some of the early BH6 boards only had a 1/3 max PCI divider. They are a good mobo for older Celerons, but for the newer 100 FSB CPUs, personally, I might pick a different board to use. I've seen BH6 boards sell for $25 too.

[Pinky]

Originally posted by RisrullarN
how is this mobo? I DONT KNOW WHAT TO BUY, i have a guy wanna sell me this for $40..


That's about the right asking price for that board, but it has limitations... I wouldn't bother...

[Yodums]

Is he selling you the chip and the motherboard or only the motherboard? I'd just save me another 20-30 dollars and get me a better modern board.

Yodums

[RisrullarN]

hmm, yeah.. okey..
no, the CUSL was to expensive, he wanted $80 !

i donno what to buy now.. there are some nice mobos to choose from or more...

here they are..

EPoX EP-3VSA VIA 5PCI 1AGP 3DIMM UDMA100 Audio FCPGA2 ATX
ASUS TUSL2-C i815EP 6PCI 1AGP 3DIMM UDMA100 FCPGA ATX
Abit ST6 i815EP 6PCI 1AGP 3DIMM Audio FCPGA2 ATX
Abit VH6T VIA694x 5PCI 1ISA 1AGP 3DIMM Audio FCPGA2 ATX
Microstar 694T Pro 5PCI 1ISA 1AGP 3DIMM Audio FCPGA2 ATX
Microstar 815EPT Pro 6PCI 1AGP 4DIMM Audio FCPGA2 ATX

can u tell me which one u would have picked and why?
this is what i want on this board.. UDMA 100 support, 1-step fsb from 100 > 150, the best vcore options, some nice memtimings, temp readings, good dividers, 4x agp ..
what im looking for is a great, stable mobo which has good o/c abilities and support the tualatin cores!

thx in advance.

[deez]

you will have best OC results with the ST-6 or the TUSL-2C...the MSI 815EPT is a fast board but not a great overclocker...it also has integrated video

[muddocktor]

I've heard that the TUSL2 and the ST6 boards are good and I know that the VH6T also supports Tualatin, but it is a Via chipset board, which some people shy away from. Of those 3, I guess that I would pick the ST6, seems to be a little more overclock-friendly from what I have read. I have no personal experience with these boards so my opinions are based on reading posts by people that are using them. As far as the Epox and MSI boards, I don't know anything about them. Hope this helps you out.

[RisrullarN]

hmm.. yeah, the st6 seems nice indeed.. but if i go for this one.. what does it have? udma 100 support, 4xagp, free fsb selection between 100 > 150, good vcore adjustments, dividers, mem settings etc etc? does someone have this who can tell me a bit more or is there some1 out there thats just knowledged ? :) thx alot!!

[Pecos]

http://www.abit.com.tw/eng/product/mb/st6r.htm

CPU
Supports Intel Pentium®III/Celeron socket processor based on 66/100/133 MHz FSB
(FCPGA & FCPGA2)

Chipset
Intel 815EP (ICH2) chipset
Ultra DMA 100/RAID [ST6-RAID only]
High Point HPT370 IDE Controller

Memory
Three 168-pin DIMM sockets support up to 512MB SDRAM module

Audio
AC'97 Digital Audio controller integrated

BIOS
CPU SoftMenu™III technology and DIP switche funtion.

Multi I/O Functions
4 Channels Bus Master IDE Ports support 8 DMA 33/66/100 and IDE RAID

Miscellaneous
1 Universal AGP slot, 6 PCI slots and 1CNR slot

[muddocktor]

I'm pretty sure it has all the stuff you just mentioned. It also has a 1/4 pci divider, but no 1/5 pci divider so after you get past about 155-160 fsb, you might have problems with pci devices.

[RisrullarN]

allrighty then :)) *real happy now* i think its gonna be the st6! and this baby will support tualatin to i guess? :)
if someone uses this board, i would be very happy if u told me a bit more info about vcore options, mem timings, fsb etc . :)) thx

[muddocktor]

There are several people using the ST6 board here. I imagine that 1 of them will pop in here sooner or later and fill you in on the particulars with that board. I would probably have bought it myself if I hadn't found out about the Gigabyte GA-6OXET boards right before I decided to buy a new P3 board.

[Pinky]

The only disadvantages to the ST6 is that it only supports 512MB ram total. Also never cared for highpoint controllers.

The advantage goes to the Intel chipset.

The VH6T supports 1.5GB ram and has excellent ATA100 controllers. Does have a VIA chipset, never been a problem with this board for me (and I used a sb live with it).

The advantage goes to the memory support and controller.

neither support 1/5 dividers, but not too many overclocks, especially with the celeron tualatin cores, make it that high anyways ;)

You'd probably be pleased with each.

[batboy]

I have an Abit SA6 (with RAID) which is exactly the same as the ST6, except the ST6 supports Tualatin whereas my older SA6 does not. The ST6 has all those listed features you want. It's very stable and a great overclocker. The only complaint I've heard from folks is that the voltage settings don't go up as high as they would like. But, you can always do the ol' VID pin wire wrap trick. That's what I did with my P-III and SA6 combo and it works great.

[deez]

The 815 boards are generally limited to 512Mb RAM although there is no Windows OS that takes advantage of more than 512 anyway and I've never ran into a situation where 256 was not enough for me

[Yodums]

I'd take the ST6 out of the menu.

It has alot of overclocking options, support for the Tualatin and it is one heck of a board.

Yodums