lost intel cpu? where is the 900mhz p3?

[mark]

anyone seen these, anyone oc one of these?

[Lancelot]

There is no such thing as a P3-900, the last 100Mhz FSB P3 was the 850, and the 133Mhz FBS P3's are available at 800, 866, 933, 1000 and so on...

[mark]

check this out...
http://support.intel.com/support/processors/sspec/p3p.htm

[bobg]

If you don't think that Intel has a pIII900 processor based on the 100mhz bus go to their sspec link below. I am running one right now and if you go to tigerdirect.com they are available. I saw them mentioned on the Anandtech.com forum and got one for $199 plus shipping. That included the cpu, slotket and and fan. Booted right away at 9x115 (1035mhz) at stock voltage of 1.70. Sandra scores above 3000 for integer and around 1300 for floating point.

http://support.intel.com/support/processors/sspec/p3p.htm

[mark]

what have you gotten it up to?

[bobg]

Tried to go up to 120 mhz on my bf6 with voltage increase to 1.75 but would not post. Before I will go any higher I am going to burn in the cpu for a week or two. Also, there was a comment in the anandtech forum that this cpu would only be available from Intel during march and that would be it. For around $200 this is a real boost to my system speed and I have been impressed so far.

[Lancelot]

Whooaaah! Never heard of a P3-900 before! I keep learning here, thanx to you guys :o)

[batboy]

The real lost Intel chip is the 100 bus speed P-III 1 gig chip. It shows up on the Intel spec list and has been rumored to exist, but I've never seen it for sale and never heard anyone relate personal experience about it. Post a pic of this Loch Ness P-3 1000e monster if you catch a glimpse of it! :)

[Tim-]

The main reason you can't find one is that most resellers are too smart to stock an overpriced DOG! Odds are that it won't OC too far, and then you are hosed with a low FSB. Getting to 133FSB with one would likely require divine intervention.

[westhoops04]

I have seen a p3 1000E. if you read maximum pc, you know that in their famed dream machine, they had 2 of those bad boys running together. They only come in slot one form though

[westhoops04]

I have seen a p3 1000E. if you read maximum pc, you know that in their famed dream machine, they had 2 of those bad boys running together. They only come in slot one form though

[Mr B]

I read that article in MaxPC....they spent dollars by the cubic foot to build that rig, too.

I recall the final total being in excess of $10,000, or was it $20.000.....something unGodly, I do remember.

And they had a bunch of problems with the RAID setup on it, to boot...

Mr B

[DaveB]

Here's where you can still get one.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=CP2-P3-900F C

[crunch]

I have a PIII 1000E running stable at 1200@1.85core. Alpha P3125 heatsink/Artic silver. Max temp under load is 32c. Win2k idle @20c. I agree with Tims statement above. Many, if not all, things are faster with my PIII 700E at 139MHz fsb.

[Sohryu Asuka Langley]

I saw the Fan/Sink system used on gateways p3 1000E and just wondering howd the alpha would hold againts that? i dunno if it was original intel spec fan though.. guessing not.. gateway used a MASSIVE copper heatsink (hmm about 2x size of the SECC) with a 5" fan mounted on the side of the case and all sealed off on the interior too.. hey.. id go for one of them!

[wild_andy_c]

....and as if the multiplier on the P3 800 and 850 weren't unfriendly enough. What a complete waste of money.

[bobg]

What unfriendly multiplier. Get an abit board with the soft menu III and get 1mhz increments from 83 to 200 and a multiplier up to 12x. I have never had a problem overclocking an Abit board.

[batboy]

Bob has a point with the Soft Menu III BIOS, gotta luv 'em. On the other hand, those chips are more expensive and don't have as much "headroom" to overclock, so the bargain value is not as high as I like. Let's face it guys, the glory days of overclocking the coppermine P-III and C-II will soon be over. We'll never get anymore than 1.1 to 1.2 gig at most from this chip design.