forgive me... quick pentium3 question

[spanky]

when identifying a p3 cpu... sometimes u will find it classified as for example - "700EB"

can someone tell me what the "e" and "b" stands for? thanx in advance 🙂

 

[cow123]

e = 256k on-die cache, b = 133 fsb

 

[cow123]

inotherwords if it has either e or b, or both its good 😛

 

[spanky]

so there are p3's that existed without the "e" nor the "b"?

 

[cow123]

yeah, those used the katmai core, and slot1 interface... 512k off-die half speed cache and a 100mhz bus :Q pretty much a pentium 2 just with some sse instructions

edit: bah cant use : o for shocked face 😛

 

[spanky]

cool, thanx for the info bud :beer:😀

 

[squidman]

Those PIII's with e index are 100mhz. Those with e and b are 133. As far as i know, there werent any PIII b.

 

[jjyiz28]

Originally posted by: squidman
Those PIII's with e index are 100mhz. Those with e and b are 133. As far as i know, there werent any PIII b.

i believe p3 b are katmais (512k half speed) with 133 bus speed.
p3 e are coppermines with 100 bus
p3 eb are coppermines with 133 bus.
p3 s are tualatins with 512k cache instead of 256.

source: upgrading and repairing pcs