coppermines???

[Jaxon]

i posted this on the mobo/ section but wanted to post here also, currently have p11 400 be6 440 196 ram
i want to get a p111 800 , can it be coppermine or must it be PRE-Coppermine cpu
and what exactly is "coppermine" ??

 

[LTJLover]

the coppermine core is the newer core which was made with the .18 micron design technology. This means that the die size was smaller and therefore the L1 / L2 cache could be integrated into the core instead of externally on the slot card. This makes it significantly faster. I believe that any P3 over 600MHz uses the coppermine core. The problem with this is that the coppermine uses a lower core voltage (~1.65V) instead of the 2+V of the previous core (Katmai). You have to make sure your mobo will support the coppermine. I ran into this problem getting my bro a P3 for his older Asus P2B board. Check your mobo manufacturer's website for details.

Jon
"Water-Cooled CPU Runner"

 

[Guest]

problem solved you can get a slocket slot to socket
converter that has all the volatage regulators so that the copermine will work. the fsb of the cpu has to be 100Mhz of course