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Anonymous   08-21-2001 at 09:13:30 PM

Will a CPU upgrade help me?

I have a PIII 500 FCPGA 100mhz bus and I want to upgrade to a 850 the machine doesn't support 133 memory or processors I already have the maximum memory at 256 I put in PC133 that is backwards compatible but I'm not sure if the PIII's that have the 133 bus speed would be compatible. Anyway, do you think I will notice the difference with the 850-w/100mhz bus as opposed to the 500?

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chaotictech   08-21-2001 at 10:18:31 PM
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Whats your mobo, is its from an oem maker. Also is your current p3 a copermine or katmai. With this info I could answer you question.

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Crashman   08-22-2001 at 02:41:39 AM
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The good news is that ALL FC-PGA processors are Coppermine, meaning you can support all FC-PGA processors. Now, about the 100/133 thing-are you sure that 100 is all your motherboard supports? Most FC-PGA compatable motherboards support 133MHz bus. The 850E is good for a 100MHz bus, but the 800EB (133) will outperform it. Your best choice given the price is the 933. Your best choice for overclocking is the 7090@933. Intel's 810 and 810E chipsets support 133 as do VIA's coppermine chipsets. What motherboard do you have?

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Anonymous   08-22-2001 at 04:07:42 AM
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Vaio pcv-r545ds is the model of my PC unfortunetly the documentation doesn't tell me the motherboard specs I have been looking but no luck so far any info would be much obliged as is your help upto now

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Anonymous   08-22-2001 at 04:26:46 AM
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ASUS 810 motherboard with an Intel 810A Pentium III 500Mhz with 128K cache, 100Mhz bus speed (Coppermine architecture)

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girish   08-22-2001 at 07:34:41 AM
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have you opened the case and looked at the board? check the Asus site and see if it looks like the CUW (i810 ATX) or CUW-E (i810E ATX) or CUB (i810 AT) boards. if its a OEM system probabely BIOS wont tell what it is.

128k cache is interesting, all Coppermine FCPGA P-IIIs have 256kb Advanced Transfer Cache.

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Anonymous   08-22-2001 at 03:33:56 PM
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This is odd I looked for the MB info and when I brought the pc it said 500mhz 100mhz bus PIII but on the sony site I found info saying 500mhz celeron 66mhz bus who do I kill ?

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Anonymous   08-22-2001 at 03:43:47 PM
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Now I'm thinking just upgrade the MB because I'm inclined to believe what the sony website said anyway I already ordered the Pentium III 850E FCPGA 256k 100Mhz Boxed $175.00 do you even think it would work with the MB

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Crashman   08-23-2001 at 03:09:32 AM
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First of all, if it has a big silvery die it's a Celeron. If it has a small die where you can actually see the silicon die it's a PIII. The old Celeron won't overclock well beyond 500.
Now, you can overclock the PIII 500E to 667EB specs by raising the FSB. <A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=faq¬found=1&code=1" target="_new">CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW</A>
If your replacing your board I definatley recommend AGAINST the 850E, especially at that price! You can get a 700E for less than a bill (that is, under $100), and it will overclock to 933 quite easily, stomping the 850E. The 850E will most likely not reach the same 133MHz FSB because that would be too far for a typical coppermine.

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Anonymous   08-23-2001 at 05:24:41 PM
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I haven't been able to check yet but if it is a celeron can I put in the PIII processor

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Crashman   08-23-2001 at 07:08:47 PM
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Yes, you can put any PIII on an i810 chipset!

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