Which processors should I get????

[Blondell]

Currently I'm using an Asus P2B-DS MB with two PIII 550E's running at 733 Mhz with out any problems. I have the version motherboard which can run 133Mhz fsb. I want to purchase two PIII 800Mhz processors and run them over clocked to 1+ Gigahertz. Which processors should I get????

[Tim-]

Many dual boards won't run processors quite as fast as they will run on single boards. You may not be able to get to 133FSB with 800s. I have 3 dual machines running 700s that all go to 1GHz max, but the cpus will run faster on single boards. This is common to all dual boards, it seems. I have both cb0s and cc0s.

[Shadow ÒÓ]

unless it's not cost effective, why not buy dual gig processors? They will run on that board.

[Blondell]

Shadow ÒÓ (May 13, 2001 10:40 p.m.):
unless it's not cost effective, why not buy dual gig processors? They will run on that board.

The multiplier on the board will only go up to 8X. I could use the multiplier 7.5 and with the 133fsb I could run the 1 gig processor. I'll look into it. Thanks

[Wunder]

It doesnt matter if your mobo only supports 8x multiplier, when intel set the standard for multipliers they said 8 would be the highest. So when processors with higher multipliers came, they started "recycling" low multipliers that would be accepted by the processor. However i have no clue what low multiplier for example a 10x processor uses. Check with intel...

Anyway, that stuff dont matter because:

1. All coppermines are multiplier locked, means they will "override" whatever multiplier the mobo is set to. Me runs a celeron 766 with 11,5x on a mobo set to 8x, and it works just fine!

2. If ya buy 2 1GHz P3s them gonna run 133 MHz FSB and then ya dont need more than a 7,5 multiplier.

[William]

you sure you want dual cpus, from what I know and hear, going to a dual cpu will reap a modest speed increase, but you will loose a lot of your stability, that is just what I hear though.