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BSEL mod: Q6600 and Celeron 420D
2 different types of BSEL mod.
on the left is the Q6600 quad-core chip weighing in at $199 (microcenter price).
on the right, a celeron 420d (conroe style single core) weighing in at a mere $42.
both had their FSB (front side bus) raised. the q6600 went from 266mhz to 333mhz; and the celeron went from 200mhz to 266mhz.
on the q6600, you simply tape over one single pad. that's it. very very simple.
on the celeron, you have to use conductive paint as found at auto parts stores (windshield rear defogger repair kits). this mod is a bit harder than the tape-over pad mod.
both give very stable overclocks using stock cooling (set to lowest speed, btw) and stock voltages. both were overclocked on non-overclock motherboards (both used intel boards).
(word wrap on black tape was just me having some pshop fun) ;)
for more info, see this article I wrote:
forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1004&me...
here is the 'paint' you use to connect the dots:
farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/2506529822_3e1ef348dd_o.jpg
and here is what it looks like after you paint, let the cpu run in a system for a while and then remove the chip to examine the paint:
BSEL mod: Q6600 and Celeron 420D
2 different types of BSEL mod.
on the left is the Q6600 quad-core chip weighing in at $199 (microcenter price).
on the right, a celeron 420d (conroe style single core) weighing in at a mere $42.
both had their FSB (front side bus) raised. the q6600 went from 266mhz to 333mhz; and the celeron went from 200mhz to 266mhz.
on the q6600, you simply tape over one single pad. that's it. very very simple.
on the celeron, you have to use conductive paint as found at auto parts stores (windshield rear defogger repair kits). this mod is a bit harder than the tape-over pad mod.
both give very stable overclocks using stock cooling (set to lowest speed, btw) and stock voltages. both were overclocked on non-overclock motherboards (both used intel boards).
(word wrap on black tape was just me having some pshop fun) ;)
for more info, see this article I wrote:
forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1004&me...
here is the 'paint' you use to connect the dots:
farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/2506529822_3e1ef348dd_o.jpg
and here is what it looks like after you paint, let the cpu run in a system for a while and then remove the chip to examine the paint: