Fastest Celeron for Abit BE6-2

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Can anyone tell me what the fastest Celeron I can put in my Abit BE6-2 is.I have a 533,and thats the fastest it's rated for in the manual,but I believe the manual was printed when that was the fastest Celeron on the market.I have read stuff on Abits FAQ site that suggests it can handle a much faster processor,but in all honesty,I'm quite ignorant and easily confused.So before I shell out any dough,I'd like to know the fastest Celeron anyone here has actually used in this mobo!Any help is tremendously appreciated!!!
 
The BE6-2 is a 100Mhz BX board. Check the BIOS update list to dtermine the highest rated PIII that you can put in there, and that's the fastest Celeron you can run. You'll need to do a BIOS update.

Celeron's over 800Mhz are FCPGA Coppermine PIII processors with less cache, and they *only* run on a 100Mhz FSB.

You will need an FCPGA->Slot 1 adapter to make it work.

I have an 850Mhz Celeron in my BE6....which is equal to its fastest PIII rating.

Slackmaster 2000
 
Slackmaster2K said:
The BE6-2 is a 100Mhz BX board. Check the BIOS update list to dtermine the highest rated PIII that you can put in there, and that's the fastest Celeron you can run. You'll need to do a BIOS update.

Celeron's over 800Mhz are FCPGA Coppermine PIII processors with less cache, and they *only* run on a 100Mhz FSB.

You will need an FCPGA->Slot 1 adapter to make it work.

I have an 850Mhz Celeron in my BE6....which is equal to its fastest PIII rating.

Slackmaster 2000
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Thanx Slack'!
Ut oh!Bios update!Sounds threatening.Time to do some homework,I guess!
 
Upgrade your board and your chip. Since Intel has pretty much discontinued the Slot-1 version of the P-3, you'll be spending more money than it's FCPGA counterpart. One way to get around this is purchasing a Slot-ket and a FCPGA chip. The Slot-ket runs about $30 (google search) and then compare the prices against a P-3 Slot-1. Keep in mind, if you go the Slot-ket route, you will need to buy a heatsink fan for it but that shouldn't run you more than $20.

Keep in mind, that you are still upgrading a reltatively outdated chip, since these were available more than 2 years ago. Best bang for your buck usually occurs about 3 chip-speeds slower than the fastest on the market. It's a good rule of thumb.
 
If I had the dough to spend,I'd replace the cpu and mobo with an Athalon system,which seems to give way more bang for the buck.I just dont have the cash,seeing I'd have to buy The mobo,
processor and DDRAM.It would be in the neighborhood of a couple hundred bucks.I would do it If I could,but....
By the way,I'm running a Celeron 533 now,which uses some sort of adaptor.Is this not a slot-KET?It also has a heatsink fan.
 
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