Intel is odd, they want to discourage overclocking as a lot of second
and third party vendors, particularly assembly/builders will overclock
a second rate chip to fetch a premium from an unsuspecting bargain
hunter. The claim its consumer protection, I think it's that they
are just frat-boy jealous that they can't screw the customer.
Greg
"Joseph S. Barrera III" wrote:
>
> Those of you who care, probably already know, but just in case, check out
> the following...
>
> http://www.anandtech.com/html/review_display.cfm?document=883
>
> The overclocking population was taken by surprise when the cacheless Celeron
> 266, albeit clock-locked, could be taken up to 400MHz and beyond depending
> on the specific case. This was quickly denounced as a fluke related to the
> fact that the cacheless Celeron didn't have any clock speed limiting L2
> cache on-board to prevent it from being overclocked, and for the time, this
> justification stuck; until Intel dropped another bombshell on the market,
> the, now famous, Celeron 300A. As mentioned before, outfitted with a full
> 128KB of L2 cache running at clock speed, the Celeron 300A shocked the
> community once again with its ability to hit 450MHz (in most cases) and
> definitely achievable without being limited by the L2 cache.
>
> http://www.anandtech.com/html/review_display.cfm?document=887
>
> The joyride is indeed coming to an end.
>
> Well, there is no longer any doubt that the Slot One Celeron 300A is out of
> production. *It is*. Besides Intel's Product Change notification that I
> shared with you last week, we find that this version of the processor is not
> even included on the list of price cuts announced for February 7th.
> The original retail version, sSPEC SL32A, has become scarcer than a sober
> head at a Dentists convention. Of course, Intel is now packaging the former
> OEM version, SL2WM for retail sale to fill the void. More on that later...
>
> I have never seen the supply of a discontinued CPU dry up so fast! Usually,
> when a processor is canceled, we can count on 6 months supply or so. Not so
> in this case. The SL32A's disappeared in a matter of 2 weeks. It is a
> feeding frenzy! There are still pockets of chips available, but supply is
> very spotty and quantities are very small.
>
> http://www.anandtech.com/html/review_display.cfm?document=892
>
> Beyond all that, I have this pathological need to *know*, rather than just
> *hear*. Several large vendors, as well as a good size number of individuals
> contacted me and told me that these new retails were doing the 450 Tango
> just fine. This is all well and good, but without actually touching,
> testing, feeling, stroking... HeHe.
>
> On the other hand, I heard from a very trustworthy smaller vendor that these
> chips were not doing well on his bench. This is a guy that I *absolutely*
> believe, so hopefully he just got his hands on a bad batch. He did, however,
> tell me that he's two for two with the 366A at 550Mhz, *default voltage*.
> HMM...