SL5XL vs SL6BY

[austin86]

I'm in the market for a 1.4ghz piii-s. is there any benefit from getting one S-spec over anther ?

Also any tips on deliding them? I'm sure the old tim under the IHS is all dried up by now.

[Mr.Scott]

Delid is easy. Razorblade and patience. Mine is bare die.

SL6BY is better. Later stepping.

[agentx007]

B0 stepping get's you (on average) a higher FSB (IF board can handle it).
To put in another way : Not all CPUs can do high FSB (150MHz+), but B0 is more likely to work with it.

[austin86]

Nov 30, 2022 2:30:02 GMT -5 agentx007 said:

B0 stepping get's you (on average) a higher FSB (IF board can handle it).
To put in another way : Not all CPUs can do high FSB (150MHz+), but B0 is more likely to work with it.

I saw that, would SL6BY be a B0 stepping? or can SL5XL have B0? And is there a way to tell of the CPU is B0 just by looking at them?

[Mr.Scott]

SL5XL's are all A steppings. SL6BY's are all B.
CPU World has good info.

[austin86]

SL6BY it is!

I''m hoping I can hit 1.6ghz stale on my 440bx board, wishful thinking but wroth a shot none the less.

I got to find some better memory too.

[Mr.Scott]

[austin86]

Nov 30, 2022 11:00:23 GMT -5 Mr.Scott said:

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152fsb is more then doable on 440bx, but will it be stable with my ram and addon cards??? I will have to find out. 

Nice OC BTW. 1.7ghz is good for a 1.4ghz Piii-s. Do you recall what you used for ram?

[Mr.Scott]

Standard Micron PC133. Just had a couple decent clockers is all.

[mklm]

tualatin:
SL5xx = tA1
SL6xx = tB0

cumine
SL3xx = cB0
SL4xx = cC0
SL5xx and SL6XX = cD0 (SL6xx its cumine-T, 1.25v AGTL IIRC)

better stepping - better OCing. good luck!