800mhz or 733mhz

Hi everyone,

At first, i wanted to put an Intel Pentium III 800mhz EB in my new computer but i just visited Intel's web site and judging from their own performance benchmarks, the 733 is a bit faster then the 800 on the multimedia benchmark. As for the other applications, they're only VERY slighly lower than the 800's...probably not enough to make a difference on the overall performance.

My question to you all is: "Since my principal interests are in the mutimedia applications and considering the fact noted above, not forgetting the few bucks shall save, should i bye a 800mhz or a 733mhz c.p.u., and why? "

Thanks

The System i want to put up is:

ASUS CUSL-2c motherboard
Dimm 256MB pc133 sdram major brand
ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 32MB
Sound Blaster Live Platinum 5.1
Western Digital 30.7GB 7200
Plextor's Plexwriter 12X/10X/32X ide
DVD Pioneer 40X/16X
Cambridge Desktop DTT2200 5.1 speakers
AGFA E-50 scanner
H.P. Deskjet 930C printer
LG 19" 915FT Plus monitor

They wer probably camparing the 733EB (133) to the 800E (100), not the 800EB (133). If your buying the best motherboard for overclocking, consider the 700E. It can be overclocked to 933 at 133 bus and runs exactly the same performance as the 933 when configured that way. Most 700's will do 980 if you want to push them, and some will do over 1 GHZ. If you want to push your memory past 133, I suggest getting Crucial Cas2 PC133 or Mushkin.

Suicide is painless...........

If by "multimedia" you mean content creation and graphics(2d-3d), then stick with your i815 board and get the 733mhz.

on the other hand if all you do is play games all day long, or post over 100 msg's to a forum in less than 10 days then go the other way.

LOL
I thought it was funny.

I never overclocked a cpu before and don't know if i would dare to temper with the stuff but i'll definately take this into consideration.

As for the benchmark, it didn't say if they were E or EB but i fail to see why Intel would deliberately put an E against a EB, knowing that the lower would show more performance than the higher but i admit that it's a possibility.

Daniel

No, by multimedia, i meant video and photo editing, sound recording, playing music, watching DVD's and stuff.

I'm not a games fan although my kids are but they'll inherit the "old" computer...lol

Daniel

Too much overclockable? Since when is that a con?

- "I forgot my shirt, but I had body glitter."

Ok, ok, settle down. Overclocking an Intel is a safer prospect than the AMD. Intel CPU's have built in thermal protection, and they do not need to be modified to overclock. I would seriously suggest getting the 700E and taking it to 933 in order to have a better performing system. It also cost less. It is almost completely safe. You will want to use a good CPU cooler to do it, because Intle systems will act weird and then lock if they get overheated. Because of the built-in thermal protection, this does not damage the CPU, but it is anoying, so buying a good fan is a little extra insurance against it. And if you have a problem overclocking you can always take it back down-no harm done. The stock voltage for most 700E's is 1.65v. The CUSL2 allows you to change the voltage, 1.70-1.75 are usually capable of supporting a stable overclock and are still below the threshhold voltage in Intel's data sheet. Stock clock will appear as 100/100/33 in Bios. If you change it to 133/133/33, your processor will run at 933. It's just that easy.

Suicide is painless...........

Didn't you once say that watercoolong was rediculus wusy?

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