P III 600 CPU

[Leo Blume]

I have a Soyo SY-6BA+100 mobo and 256PC133 Ram -just an Xpert98(8 mg vram) card. I'm still running a P II 300 chip. I'm looking to get a P III 600 but noticed that the 600E chip(FSB 100) seems, according to Overclockers.com, to be a better chip for my purpose than a 600EB chip w/133 FSB. Why? It would seem to me that the 133 chip should hit higher numbers than the 100. I think the 600E has an L2 cache of 256 at full speed and the 600EB has 512 at half speed. Is that the reason? Looking for advice on this asap because I'm ready to pull the trigger. Thanks in advance...Gene

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[Pure Luck]

I would think that they are basing their opinions from an overclockers viewpoint. From everything I've read on overclockers.com, the 600EB doesn't oc worth a hoot. If you get the 600E you could up the FSB speed to 133 and have a 798mhz. With the EB you won't be able to up the FSB that much of a percentage because it's already running at 133. If you tried to up it to 150 or so, you'd probably have to up the voltage and therefore create more heat which would need extra cooling. The two could also have different steppings which may make a difference.
I'm sure there's other reasons also. I would trust what the majority of oc'ers say.

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[Leo Blume]

The Soyo board lets me increase the fsb to 180, I think and it also let's me increase voltage by 5 or 10%. Also the agp multiplier. Fuzzy on the voltage thing. I understand that if it won't boot can increase the voltage which brings the heat. I have a case fan and a triple cpu fan. Would a Celeron be a better choice? I imagine a 600 Celeron would be cheaper and it runs an fsb of 100, right?


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[Pure Luck]

I wouldn't pick a Celeron over a Pentium any day regardless of the price. But you have to decide what you prefer.

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