Tualatin vs Coppermine

Hi guys, I am new to this, and I was wondering what the difference between a tualatin and a coppermine is? Is one preferred over the other?

The main difference is that the coppermines have 0.18 micron cores and the Tualatins has 0.13 micron cores. The Tualatin have higher overclocking potential and will run cooler, but require a newer Tualatin compatible motherboard. If you have an older motherboard, then the Tualatin will probably not work on it.

Please, don't forget that the Tualatins comes only in 133 MHz FSB and for they are not marketed to be used on any desktop platform. Only in server boards. They are also more expensive than a P4 of higher clock (but will kick the butt of that P4 easily) .

The Tualatins is be much faster than the coppermines.
And the P4's for the moment. (That may change as
more P4 optimized software gets out...)

I got the P3-S chip. 1.26mhz w/512k L2

Here are the notes for that chip from Intel's
S-Spec page.

#16 is a blatant lie. (Assuming you get a PGA2 compat mb)



13. Vcc Core Voltage - 1.45 V
14. This processor is in the FC-PGA2 form factor with an Integrated Heat Spreader.
15. This processor is a die shrink to .13 micron process technology.
16. These parts are intended for server design applications, which will not work on a standard desktop board.

There are Tualatin-core CPUs on the market that run with 100 MHz FSB. These would be the 1.2 GHz Celeron parts. Although rare, they still exist, and if you can find one, would make a heck of an overclockers' chip.