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Intel® Pentium® III Processor - S 1.40 GHz, 512K Cache, 133 MHz FSB
Pentium III 1.4GHz-S S-Spec numbers
In most cases the latest stepping is better. SL6BY
I'm asking if the higher records that you're looking at are cold or not.
D'Oh!
Single stage phase.
But all the high freq chips were the newer SL6BY stepping.
Then look at the ambient submissions.
Just wanted to make sure, some processors respond to cold better
How about a Gateway2000 NS-9000 (aka ALR 6x6 Revolution)
www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/607094-Gateway-2000-NS-9000-Pentium-Pro-5-core-server
www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/670383-What-computer-*don-t*-the-competitors-have
The system is crazy stupid overkill for a system in that time period. The hard drives it came with was capable of a blazing 9 mb/sec transfer speed. The memory does a blistering 120 mb/sec.
So no, anything that old is going to be incredibly worthless for any task. A low power AMD CPU/GPU is going to be magnitudes faster and draw far less power. Old systems are fun to have, but using them for things other than a nightstand (which mine does an amazing job of), isn't worth the headache.
Your timeline is a little skewed.The message about multiple Pentium Pro processors being unsupported, apparently is because Microsoft disabled multi-processor support for some Pentium Pro processors, because Intel pulled a Phenom I on us. (TLB defect)
Your timeline is a little skewed.
Phenom I pulled an Intel on us. (TLB Defect).
Not a BX chipset. Mod might still work though.
Problem you'll have is no voltage control except for maybe vcore via pin mod, and no software to control the FSB. Need to know the PLL number to be sure.
Boards with OC options are far and few between. This site should help you.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=32786
It's a good site if you're into all the old retro platforms.
BTW, LuckyBob is a friend of mine. He knows his retro.