I have an admin box in my office at work - all I use it for is email, office docs & stuff like that - I got it about 2.5-3yrs ago, it was a PIII500Katmai on an Epox BX3 (i440BX)
My hardware dealer happened to mention to me that he had some Coppermine128 Celeron 900's to unload cheap - I checked the Epox website and the max. listed for CPU compatibility for a BX3 is an PIII800e - they don't even mention CuMine128 Celeron's - but for the Price of a chip and a slocket (~$65US) I thought I'd take a gamble.
I flashed to the latest bios plugged in the Celeron - it booted up at 9x100 & identified it as a Celeron 900e - beauty
I tried the same thing on an older box w/an Epox 61BXA(also i440BX) & PII400 - the epox website doesn't even list CuminePIII's as compatible - Same thing, it boots as 9x100 = Celeron 900e. Nice Sandra benches and everything
Even better, I plugged the 900 chip back ito my box and cranked up the FSB a few notches
As I type this it's running at 9 x 133 = 1200MHz w/default voltages and the stock intel cooler.
So for a grand total of $300US I've upgraded 2 PII's and 3 PIII Katmai's to 900MHz - each with the potential to run at 1.2GHz.
I'm not an Intel fan but they do get something right every once in a while
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My hardware dealer happened to mention to me that he had some Coppermine128 Celeron 900's to unload cheap - I checked the Epox website and the max. listed for CPU compatibility for a BX3 is an PIII800e - they don't even mention CuMine128 Celeron's - but for the Price of a chip and a slocket (~$65US) I thought I'd take a gamble.
I flashed to the latest bios plugged in the Celeron - it booted up at 9x100 & identified it as a Celeron 900e - beauty
I tried the same thing on an older box w/an Epox 61BXA(also i440BX) & PII400 - the epox website doesn't even list CuminePIII's as compatible - Same thing, it boots as 9x100 = Celeron 900e. Nice Sandra benches and everything
Even better, I plugged the 900 chip back ito my box and cranked up the FSB a few notches
As I type this it's running at 9 x 133 = 1200MHz w/default voltages and the stock intel cooler.
So for a grand total of $300US I've upgraded 2 PII's and 3 PIII Katmai's to 900MHz - each with the potential to run at 1.2GHz.
I'm not an Intel fan but they do get something right every once in a while
:thumb:
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