Faster CPU for Asus P2B-F Motherboard

[palerider]

I found a PIII 800E 256kb 100MHZ SECC2 processor on the net for $296.00. I don't know if this is a good price or not, but before I got too serious about ordering any new processor, I need to know if this processor will work with my board. I know I am limited by the 440BX chip set as to what processor I can upgrade to and I realize the need to flash to the latest BIOS. Any suggestions or help would be appriciated.

 

[Jayczar]

Dont even bother with that, for $296 you can upgrade to
a P4 or Athlon setup that will smoke that overpriced P3.
You will probably have money left over to buy some beer.

 

[DaveSimmons]

You can buy a slot-to-socket adapter for about $10, and a socket370 (FCPGA) p3 or celeron for under $100.

Look up your motherboard in the AnandTech FAQ documents for which celeron and p3 CPUs you can use with your board. Or you can buy a 1.3 GHz celeron + motherboard + 256 MB RAM for $145 in the Forsale forum (search "1.3").

 

[tcsenter]

You can buy a slot-to-socket adapter for about $10, and a socket370 (FCPGA) p3 or celeron for under $100.

I wouldn't trust one of those $10 converter boards, there are lots of reports they don't work on many motherboards. You *may* need to have a converter board that offers its own voltage adjustment if your version of the P2B-F doesn't support the lower voltage of newer S370 CPUs and most of the $10 generic converters don't offer that.

I upgraded an older P2B (PCB 1.04) from PII 400 to 1GHz Celeron using the MSI-6905 v2.3 converter board and it will support PIII 1GHz, also. There is some BIOS problem with the P2B and 10.5x or higher multipliers, so 10x was the max I could go. Don't know if it applies to the P2B-F or not.

The brand name converter boards are becoming difficult to find. There were several on Ebay a month ago. I bought my MSI for $30 and the 1GHz Celeron was $60, add a $10 CoolerMaster S370 HSF for about $110 total with shipping.

Check this CTechNet Asus page, it has a lot of info on the highest CPU capable on various Asus boards including which BIOS you have to use. It also has some info on CPU converter boards.

 

[AndyHui]

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