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Celly2 looks good for O/C
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Saturday, 1-April-2000 16:53:17 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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In fact, it looks GREAT! Crazney pointed this out in the forums - a C2-533 @ 800MHz (100MHz FSB). This is great news for a few reasons - firstly, it's going to be a (relatively) cheap high-MHz option, but also, and to me this is the biggie, the FSB's are only going to be in the 75-133 range, probably not even that high, so you can use them on BX boards (ones that provide the lower voltages)! Forget the memory hit of Apollo Pro 133A (as much as I'm an advocate of that chipset), ditch the overpriced, underperforming i820. A BX board running at a core of (say) 880 and an FSB of 110 or so would be a serious fire-breathing machine for the price!
Secondly, in that article, note the possible way that Intel neuter the P3's to become Celly2's. This looks like something that could possibly be reversed at the slocket level to me. Modifying the package itself might be an option for some adventurous soldering-iron wielder to attempt. Imagine a P3 (256kb L2) in the BX situation I described above - serious cheap speed.
Anyway, enough of my waffling - you can add your own thoughts here if you like.
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