Voor tweakers die een FC-PGA Pentium III in hun slot-1 plank willen prikken keek Hardware Central naar de kwaliteiten van de IWill Slocket II. Deze socket370 naar slot-1 convertor is geschikt voor zowel PPGA (Celeron) als FC-PGA (Pentium III E) processors en heeft een eigen voltage regulator. Dit maakt het mogelijk om de nieuwe PIII E te gebruiken op oude moederborden, die niet zelf 1,6V kunnen leveren. Voor de mensen die twee Celerons willen dualeren heeft de Slocket II een SMP jumpertje:
There’s little to comment on with regards to the Slocket II’s stability--the test system was perfectly stable throughout the entire testing procedure. Iwill products have always been of the utmost quality, and the Slocket II certainly is no exception. I encountered no difficulties whatsoever.You may have heard conflicting reports with regard to the on-die thermal diode. A few sources have stated that the Slocket II does not connect the pin necessary for the motherboard to read the on-die diode. This is not the case--the Abit BE6-II utilized in the test bed reported the temperature from the diode completely accurately (using an add-on thermistor as confirmation). Thus it must be concluded that the Slocket II does indeed connect the appropriate pin, and that if the temperature was not being reported correctly to some motherboards, the problem must be related to the motherboards themselves.
With an MSRP of a stout $29, it’s one of the more costly slockets on the market, but when you consider the development needed to produce it, and the fact that it contains an on-board VRM, that’s a very reasonable price tag.
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