Motherboard for flip-chip

[old.MeddlE]

Ok, tugster will probably be most vocal on this one but all thoughts appreciated.

While my new flipchip works fine on my BX6r1 board the speed of the thing has shown up the limitation of my TNT2U. After hearing of many problems with geforce cards on older mobos I have decided to upgrade the system with a new one before I get my geforce. Choices are;

Abit BE6-II
Abit BX133-RAID
Asus CUSL2

The Abit boards have the attraction of upto 8 IDE devices while the Asus has the attraction of being the latest fully integrated chipset. Opinions please. And no, I am not interested in a VIA solution.

Thanks in advance.

 

[kryt]

The BX series is nearing the end of its line, However, the Be6 has served thousands of people very well, specially those into overclocking. However, looking at the specs for the new abit BX133 Raid, i think that is as far as the BX chipset will go. 8 ide devices with the raid option : jesus H christ, you couldnt ask for much more

The asus boards are generally very high quality, i dont think there is too much difference in the price. I say go for the BX133.



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[old.[GA] Shovel]

Ok - not wanting to push the topic away too far from the mobo thing - but, a little request.
erm.. I am totally out of touch here with processors atm - so, erm, whats a flipchip? and what is so special about them.

Mobo advice, dont get an 810.

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[old.TUG]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by MeddlE:

Abit BE6-II
Abit BX133-RAID
Asus CUSL2
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BE6-2 as it's slot one allowing you to get any voltage option with a little slotket trick...

the others max @ 1.75v which aint enuff for proper OCing The BE6-II is fine for your celeron (thats what u have aint it?)

The ATA66/100 controller on the rev 1.0/1.2 respectively is a bit troublesome at times though...

if you need more details, gimme a shout, I am pushed for time to write loads here atm.

Cheers.

[This message has been edited by TUG (edited 06 September 2000).]

 

[old.MeddlE]

TUG, I heard the CUSL2 goes up to 3.5v?? And yes, it's a Celeron II OC'd to 1000MHz, runs fine at 1.75v, 1.8v and 1.85v on my BX6.
Cheers matey.

Shovel, flipchips are the Pentium III and Celeron II, so named ecause the die was reversed so that the core was top-side to aid better cooling.

 

[old.TUG]

Hmm dunno... If you email me to remind me on, I'll try and find out for you what voltages FC-PGA users can get up to.

bigupdatugmonster@pcinfo.freeserve.co.uk will do

 

[stu]

Anand says (rather cryptically) that with the CUSL2 you can increase the voltage "by up to 0.3v in 0.05v increments".

Which, knowing Anand, could mean anything really.

Will probs be clearer on the asus webbie, but can't seem to find it (it's not asus.com or anything)

 

[old.MeddlE]

It's www.asus.com , but the site appears to be down at the moment. Nowhere in the manual or on the website does it mention the max voltage but the +0.3v sounds about right. That would mean 1.95v max with my chip and it runs below that anyway. I've pretty much decided on the CUSL2 now as getting another BX board wouldn't seem like much of an upgrade.

Thanks for all your thoughts/opinions and also for the lack of flames, nice to see it's possible in a thread.

[This message has been edited by MeddlE (edited 08 September 2000).]

 

[bodhi]

asus webby is www.asus.com.tw afaik. Or mebbe thats just the one for the ISDN cards. Worth a try anyway.