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PIII Verdict?

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Steppo

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Ok, so I just grabbed this server board (Intel G7ESz) and I've been scouring the universe for a suitable PIII to go with it, and I've secured this one. I want to know your guys' opinions/feelings on the stepping of this PIII.

As printed on the CPU

(Costa Rica)
933.256/133/1.7V
3042A395-0265 SL4C9

Socket 370 (Tualitin, right?)

Thanks in advance!
 
Pentium 3 933 Mhz, 256 KB cache, 133 Mhz FSB. I think it might be a coppermine, but I don't remember a Tualatin 933.

Anyways, what do you want us to say? Good P3? If yes, then it's a good P3.

My friend has a P3 866 (but he moved to a P4 1.8 Northy Dell 4500 I think), and it works fine. It'd probably work better if it weren't in a Gateway.
 
You've got a coppermine P3. It will run 933, the Tualitin chips were great when i used them and would overclock great.

I hope you didnt pay too much for the board and cpu.

Under $90 shipped would get you a better board and a strong amd chip.

http://shop4.outpost.com/product/3871277

I loves intel like the rest, but a deals a deal!!!
 
Heh, unfortunately (Or fortunately, however you look at it), I'm rediculously biased against AMD (read: Intel fanboy). I didn't pay much for the board/cpu ($100 total, methinks). I'm just looking to find another CPU so i can go dually with it. Figured it'd be a nice ISA and/or DNS Server replacement for the P2 400MHz I have running my servers now.

I just wanted your opinions as to wether or not this would be a sufficient workhorse CPU to get the job done. And maybe a little stock oc-ing on the side.
 
It's a nice P3, as I said.

If it's a Tualatin, you should be able to overclock it some; those run cooler than other P3s, and are hard to destroy unless you push the voltage.

And nothing wrong with AMDs. You can get strong performers from their Bartons. But since you paid $100 for CPU/Mobo, that's a good deal.
 
All my Main daily use rigs are Intel. My sig rig for fun, my Shuttle 3.5ghz intel, And my 3.2ghz dell server stock/cheap!!

My Folding rigs are all AMD, simple, they do more work and bang for the buck.

For stability though i always go intel.
 
Its definitely a Coppermine... NOT tualatin.

Its 1.7v = stock voltage for Coppermines.

I still have my old trusty 700e P3 coppermine OC'd to 1Ghz running on my back up gamer rig.

It would do 1050Mhz which is about the limit to the coppermine core. (1.0-1.1Ghz) Now if you had a real tualatin core chip it could probably do 1.5+Ghz.

Too bad Prescott didnt yield an almost 50% OC over the fastest default clock of the prior process. (3.2Ghz + 50% = 4.8Ghz)
 
Originally posted by chrisf6969
...It would do 1050Mhz which is about the limit to the coppermine core. (1.0-1.1Ghz)...
Click to expand...

i had a coppermine celeron 1.1@1.25 :D

some people got them to 1.3 too ;) now thats a fast coppermine
 
Dont expect to OC but thats as good as you can get. Personally Id prefer a 1.6v chip but P3's are hard to find as it is
 
yes, some very late 1.0 & 1.1 Ghz chips did 1.2-1.3

still only about a 10% OC. which at 933 would give him 1026Mhz.

Just letting him know dont expect much b/c he does have a COPPERMINE which the core often got flaky above 1.1 as the 1.13 fiasco proved and why they never sold anything above 1.1Ghz for the Coppermine core.
 
I would like to say hello everyone, this is my first post in this forum. Wouldn't you know the last several months with HardOCP as my internet home page and turns out they've got a forum! DOH!!! :rolleyes:

The PIII 933 is in my opinion one of the best coppermine PIII's produced. Anything that runs on the 133mhz bus is a good deal. It's just making sure you have a board that will support that bus speed. Overclocking my old 933mhz on my TUSL2-C board didn't produce any performance enhancement what's so ever. I had the processor over 1050mhz (didn't want to push a coppermine too far) and didn't see not one point difference in benching. Now for the Tualatin chips, overclocking most certainly affects performance. I had a 1133mhz Tualatin that seemed fast but the wierd thing was I had to load my operating system with my 933mhz then throw in the 1133a in order to get the OS to load right. I believe that chip was recalled by Intel. The PIII 1200 tualatin my friend runs and is a good chip all around. I also had the outstanding luck of coming across a Tualatin Celeron 1400 with the desktop 256mb cache (so I could run it in my TUSL2 board) and was able to overclock that one to over 1650mhz. Good chip too. One difference in Tualatin core cpu's as a side note: PIII = 133mhz bus, Celeron = 100mhz bus. Stating the obvious but I at one time wasn't sure the difference so in case anyone was wondering.

I think a dual 933 would be an excellent PIII server setup. I suppose the only thing better might be a dual Tualatin 1400 w/512mb cache but talk about a rarity if you can even find one or know someone who even has one.
 
I have a pair of 933's collecting dust right now. No board(s) to put them in :( Gotta love when people give your their "old" hardware when you fix something ;)
 
I managed to snag my pretty decent MSI 694D Pro (dual s370) off ebay for only $10. I'd keep an eye out there, as you can sometimes find some great deals. PIIIs still go for quite a bit though.
 
Steppo
That 933, like the other guys mentioned, is a Coppermine[133fsb] not a Tualatin. It's a nice solid cpu. Reliable as a rock. I've got a 1.2ghz Tually in a Bx board, 100fsb, playing Counter Strike- Condition Zero at a million frames per second with a GF4 Ti4200.
:D
Next to that box is a P3 850[100fsb] in an Abit BX mobo with a GF2 GTS Pro playing Condition Zero like better than new.
I'm a big fan of the P3/Tualatin series and I can understand you screwing around with them.
If I had to go out and purchase a 2nd or third system I don't know what I'd do. [Tedinde's suggestion?] but I'm glad I kept these P3's. Now what to do with this P2 450?
 
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