P3 Overclocking Question. . .

[BlueWeasel]

Here is my current setup:

Abit BE6-II MB
Celeron 633@950 on MSI slotket
256mb PC-100 RAM
Win98SE

I have been thinking about replacing the Celeron with a P3 that will overclock nicely. The only drawback I have about the replacement is I don't plan on getting PC133 RAM. So with my existing PC100 RAM, what speed of P3 should I consider in order to the highest possible overclock?

The celeron I am currently running will not run on a FSB any higher than a 100mhz FSB. However, both sticks of RAM are Micron and Crucial 2-2-2 so I am not sure how much over 100 the chips will O/C. The guy I got the 128mb Crucial stick from claims the RAM will O/C to 133 @ 3-3-3, and I am sure that the Micron stick would be about the same.

So lets just assume that the RAM will O/C to around 125. What speed P3 should I get? I would think that a P3 700@933 (133 FSB) would be a little out of reach.

 

[Wiz]

You can get the P3 700e ane run it with the 124 fsb and 868mhz CPU. I do this on one system and it runs almost identical speed as my P3 700e @ 933mhz. It's really hardly noticable between the two.