I am currently running a PII 400 and am exploring VERY CHEAP upgrade options. (ie a PIII 800 for like $30-40).
A slight snag is, my system is an older Dell. Its running what appears to be a very generic Intel motherboard with the 440BX chipset. But being a Dell, there are no overclocking options in the BIOS. Hence if I get a PIII800EB (133FSB).. I will only run in my system at 600mhz. (6x100FSB AFAIK).
So im thinking I could possibly go to Intel and grab a BIOS update, which would most likely have some overclocking capabilities in it. I could then bump the FSB up, possibly to 133mhz. Some of my ram might not like it, but I am willing to replace some of it if needed.
Does this all sound possible?
Also if you have any Slot One or Socket 370 PIII's for sale, please let me know.. Again the going rate is about $30-35 for a PIII 800EB (256kb fullspeed L2)
A slight snag is, my system is an older Dell. Its running what appears to be a very generic Intel motherboard with the 440BX chipset. But being a Dell, there are no overclocking options in the BIOS. Hence if I get a PIII800EB (133FSB).. I will only run in my system at 600mhz. (6x100FSB AFAIK).
So im thinking I could possibly go to Intel and grab a BIOS update, which would most likely have some overclocking capabilities in it. I could then bump the FSB up, possibly to 133mhz. Some of my ram might not like it, but I am willing to replace some of it if needed.
Does this all sound possible?
Also if you have any Slot One or Socket 370 PIII's for sale, please let me know.. Again the going rate is about $30-35 for a PIII 800EB (256kb fullspeed L2)