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To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (10490)2/13/2000 3:10:00 PM
From: Zeddie88  Read Replies (3) of 14778
 
Howard,

Thanks again for your hard work in finding me a viable solution!

"Yes, however it is wiser to get a 100Mhz FSB coppermine as they have higher multipliers locked into them. For instance a 600B processor is the same coppermine core, but can be run at any FSB, or at least as high as 133Mhz x 6 for 798Mhz, but a 733Mhz coppermine is locked at 5.5 X and if your system won't run 133Mhz FSB, you could end up with far lower cpu speed after paying a huge premium for the 733Mhz coppermine processor over the 600B."

A couple of questions on this statement:

1. Is the definition of a Coppermine an Intel PIII chip with 0.18 Micron technology or is it both the 0.18 and 0.25 versions?

2. From the Intel PIII processor website, the 100MHz FSB chip is called the 600E. In the quotation above, it is referenced as the 600B which in my mind refers to the 133Mhz, 512Kb 1/2 speed L2 cache version. Who is correct?

One general question:

1. How does one know if one if running on a 100Mhz or 133MHz FSB system? If I went in to the store to pick up my computer, is the something I could do to verify that 1. I have the 600E and not the 600B or 600EB chip, and 2. that the system is indeed running at 133Mhz?

Sue :)
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