Newbie: Tualatin or Coppermine Celeron for OC'ing

[kalogian]

I've got an Abit BX6-2 board, and I'm planning on trying to overclock a celeron 1.1G to 133FSB. I was wondering if either core is generally regarded as having a better chance at running correctly at that speed, all other things being equal.
Any recommendations would be appreciated.

Thanks
Pete

[FTC]

kalogian,

Welcome to the forums!. Now, re. the celeron tualatin core, yours is probably the most repeated question in this forum.... a couple of threads deal with this.
And the net is : There is general consensus that most tualatin cores top at around the same speeds (1.5-1.6 Ghz), but taking into account the different multipliers, it basically means that :

With the 1.0A -> 133 FSB = 1.33 Ghz.... a given. Probably ALL 1.0As can do this speed.
With the 1.1A -> 133 FSB =1.463 Ghz.... almost a given also.
With the 1.2 -> 133 FSB = 1.6 Ghz.... starts to get difficult, need some luck with the core and good cooling
With 1.3 or 1.4 -> 133 FSB is probably too high.... needs for sure water cooling and very good luck if going to make it at all.

Of course, all these are tualatins. If you have the option, do not bother coopermines.. they are less oc'able.

So, you bet.

Regards
FTC

[Bonka]

With the motherboard you currently have, you'll need a tualatin compatible motherboard to use the Tualatin cpus.

[kalogian]

Originally posted by Bonka
With the motherboard you currently have, you'll need a tualatin compatible motherboard to use the Tualatin cpus.

Well, I've read several posts about modifying the tualatin processor to work with a non-compatible motherboard, and it seems like people are having some success. I don't see why this wouldn't be possible with my motherboard (since it does have the right voltage and adjustable bus speeds to support the processor). Am I missing something?

Thanks for the replies guys. I probably should have done a better search, but I guess I got a little lazy (and excited)

-Pete

[batboy]

They were just advising you that your current mobo don't support the Tualatin. You need to buy another mobo that will support it, or buy a powerleap adapter, or mod your mobo.

[kalogian]

I see. Thanks for the heads-up

I was actually planning on running the jumpers and insulating the required pins to run it in my slot1 via an MSI slotket.
Looks like fun.

Thanks-Pete