Can Asus P3V4X do 1gig?

[LeaDxPainT]

I'm going to college this fall and Just want to upgrade my existing PIII 733. I have an Asus P3V4X and want to know if it can handle a PIII 1000E Secc2 cpu. I used Sisoft Sandra and it told me that it was, but the Company said the limit was between 733-800. Anyone have personal experiences with this? Thanks

 

[bozo1]

I have a 933 on mine so one would think the 1000 would work.

 

[AndyHui]

Please read the FAQ: What is the fastest processor I can use on my ASUS Slot 1 motherboard?

 

[Zap]

Yes, you can use that CPU. I have the same motherboard and have used a P3 1000/100 FC-PGA chip on a slotket, overclocked to 1333. However, I don't think it is a cost-effective upgrade. My suggestion is, for a few dollars more than that P3-1000 CPU, buy a new motherboard/CPU combo and sell your existing combo to offset the costs. You should be able to pick up a board and a Tualatin Celeron (easily overclocked) for around the price of the P3 CPU. Also, probably some fast Duron on an ECS board for less. Either will outperform a P3-1000.

 

[pfell]

I upgraded my P3V4X from a Celeron 400 to a PIII 1GHz EB CPU (133MHz FSB). CPU was $250 Canadian (retail box). I watched this price for a looong time before buying and am somewhat pleased that it is going UP...after I purchased.

One thing to note is the released versions of the bios for P3V4X may not recognize the CPU correctly. While I did not experience any errors running with, I think it was, the released 1005 bios, I did receive error message during startup. I found on Asus web site and flashed (many fingers crossed) the 1006.02 beta bios....same error. Then found 1006.003 beta bios on, I believe, german web site. This worked (even more tense flashing experience) (although it still reports 1006.02 beta when booting).

Machine has been rock solid so far (about a month).

Luckilly I bought a good (Asus) slocket some time ago in prep. for upgrade....they I understand are not available or very scarce now.

Did have to search for a CPU heatsink that fit properly. Retail unit was too wide (rested on the norhbridge chip). Next one I tried was too tall.....hit the SDRAM. Found a CoolerMaster unit that fits just fine.

While I did contemplate changing to an AMD based board, it was not really for me the best solution due to things like:

1) My case, which I like very much (SuperPower), has a 250 Watt power supply.
2) I do not like buying things that may not be best future upgrade solution and if I was going AMD would want a DDR board...so new ram.
(hey my P3V4X is 2-yrs old - and as far as I am concerned runs just fine)

 

[Juventus74]

Hi there,
I had that same mobo a while back and tested with a 1 GHz CPU. No problem at all. Before trying it out I made sure I had the latest BIOS update. I say tested because the CPU was not mine. I had a Coppermine 550 MHz overcloked to 733MHz and running very fine. However as curious as I was I had a friend who possessed the P3 1000E and I borrowed it from him because I wanted to see what kind of performance I would get out of my motherboard. Well other than being very fast things also seemed very compatible.

So I would rest assured and make the upgrade if that is really what you want. Else you can always take the CPU back but I it will not be necessary.

Cheers.

by CRIS