1.0GHZ SECC2 100FSB or 133FSB???

[Chuckles]

I have an ABIT BE6-II rev 2 and am about to upgrade my processor. My question is, since 1.0GHZ is pretty close to the max for Pentium III, will I get more performance from the 133FSB version without overclock, or from the 100FSB with a little overclock. Perhaps the best case scenario with air cooling is getting a 112 FSB out of the 100FSB version. However, even though the 100 version will be running at a higher Mhz, won't the higher FSB on the 133 version give me more performance.

Anyway, any advice will be greatly appreciated.

[Placid]

Yes get the 133mhz cC0. Mine overclockes well so far (not pushing yet).
I bought it off eBay new for 152.50.
I would suggest a fc-pga chip and use a slotket.
The fc-pga chips cost less and if you decide to change motherboards down the line you will have more choices.

[William]

Placid (May 26, 2001 11:09 p.m.):
Yes get the 133mhz cC0. Mine overclockes well so far (not pushing yet).
I bought it off eBay new for 152.50.
I would suggest a fc-pga chip and use a slotket.
The fc-pga chips cost less and if you decide to change motherboards down the line you will have more choices.

do exactly that. And make sure to get a good hsf so you can oc it some. But yes, since 1 ghz is the limit for the chip, it only makes sense to get the 133 chip, it will be much faster.

[batboy]

I disagree, unless that BX chipset motherboard has a 1/4 PCI divider, I'd go with a 100 FSB. However, all of this might be moot. The 100 FSB 1 gig chips are scarcer than hen's teeth and Intel just announced that it was dropping the slot one P-III chips. Availability might actually decide which one you'll get. I've been hearing that the new cD0 1 gig CPU is a great overclocker, lots of peeps getting 1.1 to 1.2 gig using all of the usual cooling and O/C tricks.

[tony]

Hi what about the P3 1000 and P3 1.100 @ 100 mhz bus speed that will be released in June ?or arent these comeing out now ?
i was looking to get one myself @ the 100 bus speed and overclock it some ver the P3 1000/133 which is as high as my fsb goes ..............

[[OC]_SR20DE]

batboy (May 27, 2001 12:16 a.m.):
I disagree, unless that BX chipset motherboard has a 1/4 PCI divider, I'd go with a 100 FSB. However, all of this might be moot. The 100 FSB 1 gig chips are scarcer than hen's teeth and Intel just announced that it was dropping the slot one P-III chips. Availability might actually decide which one you'll get. I've been hearing that the new cD0 1 gig CPU is a great overclocker, lots of peeps getting 1.1 to 1.2 gig using all of the usual cooling and O/C tricks.

emm... batboy, I think the cD0's of 1ghz are 133mhz bus chips, not 100. so... :)