Overclocking the Intel 2.4BCPU
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After purchasing my Intel Pentium 2.4B processor a few weeks ago, I thought I'd sit down and write a quick article on the type of performance I was able to obtain from this CPU and hopefully give a little insight on what our readers could possibly expect from this chip if they were in the market for one. Intel currently has a great line-up of processors but the 2.4B I particularly like due to it's great performance, overclocking possibilities and fairly decent price. Another aspect that is appealing is the CPU's use of the 533MHz System Bus, or 133MHz FSB which we expect to give us increased performance across the board.
| Company: Intel Product: 2.4B/533MHz CPU Price: $185.00 (OEM) Written By: Mack (SPeeD) |
Introduction
After purchasing my Intel Pentium 2.4B processor a few weeks ago, I thought I'd sit down and write a quick article on the type of performance I was able to obtain from this CPU and hopefully give a little insight on what our readers could possibly expect from this chip if they were in the market for one. Intel currently has a great line-up of processors but the 2.4B I particularly like due to it's great performance, overclocking possibilities and fairly decent price. Another aspect that is appealing is the CPU's use of the 533MHz System Bus, or 133MHz FSB which we expect to give us increased performance across the board.
Out of the Box
The CPU arrived in the standard Intel P4 packaging as you might expect. Take note of the specific markings showing we have the 533Mhz part.
Intel made great strides recently with the introduction of the Northwood Processor with a .13micron die as well as 512KB of L2 cache. Intel has since furthered this with the inclusion of the 533MHz System bus with it's latest processors beginning at 2.26GHz.
Update: Initially I did not include a pic of the box that showed serial number, product code, factory, date, but MOST importantly, that chip is C1 stepping. Here's a shot.
Below is a close-up shot of the chip so you can checkout all the factory markings (and a few of my fingerprints as well).
I Intentionally left above shot fairly large so you could easily make out the markings. Intel has also been kind enough to document all of their CPU's online for us to take a look at and I was nice enough to annotate those here for all to see.
| sSpec Number | SL6EF | | Processor Frequency | 2.40B GHz |
| CPUID String | 0F27h | | Package Type | FC-PGA2 478-pin |
| Core Voltage | 1.525V | | Bus Speed | 533 MHz |
| Thermal Design Power | 59.8W | | Core Stepping | C1 |
| Max Junction Temp | 71°C | | L2 Cache Size | 512K |
| Die Size | 0.13 micron | | L2 Cache Speed | 2.40 GHz |
| ECC/non-ECC | ECC | | Bus/Core Ratio | 18.0 |
| Boxed/OEM Processor? | Boxed | | Product Order Code | BX80532PE2400D |
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Touching briefly on Intel Chipsets, this CPU is designed to run on the 850, 845E, 845PE, 845GE, 845GV, and 845G model chipsets. Today we are testing the 2.4B on the ABIT IT7 MAX motherboard with the Intel 845E chipset. If you would like additional information on Intel Chipsets please checkout their website.
Installation
Installing the chip is fairly straight forward so I won't cover much of that here, but lets take a look at the BIOS to see what our options are. Some of these pics are a bit blury as my camera doesn't seem to like taking pics of the BIOS on my monitor.
Going into your BIOS with the 2.4B you'll see it's default settings of 18x Multiplier x 133FSB.
Stock Voltage is 1.525v. All DRAM Ratio's are also defaulted at this point. Next page, Overclocking.
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