bh6 v p2b-f

[Agent 86]

Does anyone know which is newer or better, an Asus P2b-F or Abit BH6 and would the P2B-F run a Celeron 1.0 GHz 100 MHz 10 128K core speed FC-PGA 0.18, thx

[Humantuckshop]

The ASUS definitely supports Coppermine Celerons (128) - check out the Asus and the Abit here: http://www.hwupgrade.com/motherboard/slot1_comparison/index6.html

The Asus BIOS is available here: http://cgi.asus.com.tw/cgi-bin/dl.asp?filename=mb/slot1/440bx/p2b-f/bx2f1013.zip

I'm not sure about the Abit - I went to their site and they don't have a 'support coppermine' BIOS for the BH6.

[mird-OC]

i'm pretty sure the BH6 support coppermine, and it's definitely the better board of the two...

*does a google*

... and yes, certain revisions do support it. if it's rev 1.1 it definitely supports it... check here for more info:

http://www.anomaly.org.au/bh6faq/FAQ/faq.html

if you do a bit of googling about the BH6 you'll find it's basically considered the best BX board of all time.

[Humantuckshop]

And the Abit is jumperless aswell, all settings via BIOS. The Asus has alot of annoying jumpers.

[haytona]

i have a bh6 and find its quite a nice board. Of course it is now woefully out of date. A ata100 card would fix that though.

Soft voltage in the bios is very nice in a slot 1 board. I don't have revision 1.1 but from reading on the net they *should* support it but not officially. 1.1 has collor coded connectors for keyboard/mouse etc.

[Agent 86]

I ended up selling both me BH6 and P2B-F rather then upgrade the cpu cause it was cheaper to buy a new board and get a tualatin then hunt around for a P3 1gig. That BH6 was a great board, served me well.

[Ragnor]

oh no an uncoverted intel wh0r3

You didn't even consider a 1ghz Duron ($120 or less) + Via KT266a board ($200-270 depends on features required) + 256mb Corsair 2100 ValueSelect DDR Ram ($125)..

Upgrade to an AlthonXP 1800..like $280

For a gamer on a budget you can not beat AMD system.. power at low price.

If your budget is bigger intel P4 all the way...

So why the tualatin?

[Agent 86]

Actually I'm an AMD whore who was converted back to Intel when the 1.6a came out but your right the Duron would be a far better buy then a Celery tualatin. This upgrade is for my spare PC but I've been impressed with me 1.6a so might get another one if I can fit it on my visa.

[Ragnor]

hehe fair enough ..

I've been contemplating the move back to intel myself... but its alot more expensive then just banging a faster althonXP in what I've got now .. hmm

/contemplates

[Agent 86]

Yep with Intels it always comes down to money for most of us but the 1.6a was an attrative option because it was cheap and a good overclocker. Mines running @ 2.2 pretty stable but won't go much higher. I suspect my samsung ram is the problem but not sure if its worth spending $500 getting some corsair XMS. Well I can't really afford it anyway but would like to try some just to compare results.