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  • What upgrade ?

    I'm considering upgrading my current system.

    I'm planning to get a Coppermine 500, and I'm wondering what MB to get.

    I've narrowed it down to 2 options:

    1) Abit BE6-II

    The good old BX chipset, combined with 1 MHz steps in FSB, I think my RAM can manage about 130 MHz, giving me a speed of
    about 650 MHz

    2) Abit VA-6

    VIA's new chipset will let me clock my RAM
    at FSB - 33 MHz, so I should get up to
    around 750 MHz

    Now I know that the VIA has lower memory speed (I'm not taking MHz here, clock for clock it's slower), but will the increased CPU speed compensate for this ?

    I'm rather inclined to upgrade, as I can get it for FREE by selling off some left over bits (Celery 300+BH6+HDD+Fury)

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    P3 500@560, 192 MB ram, G400 16SH
    "That's right fool! Now I'm a flying talking donkey!"

    P4 2.66, 512 mb PC2700, ATI Radeon 9000, Seagate Barracude IV 80 gb, Acer Al 732 17" TFT

  • #2
    I'd go with the BE6-II. I have had nothing but success with the BX chipset - currently running 133FSB with my PIII-450 - giving me 600Mhz. No problems. Am waiting for my 700e to try and reach 933Mhz...

    Guyver

    I've had no experience with VIA's VA chipset, so I am biased...
    Gaming Rig.

    - Gigabyte GA-7N400-Pro
    - AMD Athlon 3200+ XP
    - 1.5GB Dual Channel DDR 433Mhz SDRAM
    - 6.1 Digital Audio
    - Gigabit Lan (Linksys 1032)
    - 4 x 120GB SATA Drives, RAID 0+1 (Striped/Mirrored)
    - Sony DRU-500A DVD/+/-/R/RW
    - Creative 8x DVD-ROM
    - LS120 IDE Floppy
    - Zip 100 IDE
    - PNY Ultra 5900 (256MB)
    - NEC FE950
    - DTT2500 Cambridge Soundworks

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    • #3
      I would have to agree. Seams to be big problems with the VIA chipsets when setting the FSB high. It seams the AGP/PCI divider wont kick in at 133 FSB, unless you chip is a native 133 FSB chip... check out the reviews of boards using this chipset at anandtech. I was going to get one to try to get my 450 running at 600, but after hearing this im not to sure...

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      PIII 450 @ 464
      generic BX6 motherboard
      G400 MAX : )
      Maxtor 13 gig UDMA 33
      Maxtor 13 gig UDMA 66
      Creative 36x CD-ROM
      HP 2x2x6x CD-RW
      64 megs PC100 RAM
      Intel 10/100
      Soundblaster 32 AWE
      DiamondMAX 56k
      Logitech Wireless Desktop (best $50 ive ever spent)
      1 92mm Sunon Fan
      4 80mm Sunon Fan's

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