P3 question

[motoxpress]

I have an HP E-Vectra that I want to upgrade and I am not sure what socket type it is. The manual indicates:

"Intel Pentium III or Intel Celeron PPGA package with Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket."

Is this the same as a socket 370?

MX

 

[bacillus]

well some of the p3s did come in 370 pin FCGA factor!

 

[TRUMPHENT]

Yes! That is the socket 370. You will have to find a processor that is not Tualatin, unless you also get an additional adapter and have confirmation that your mainboard will work with it.

I wouldn't attempt any further upgrade that cost money unless the chipset is a 440BX.

You will also have to locate a chip with the "E" and not "EB" suffix. The "E" indicates the 100mhz FSB. The "EB" indicates a 133mhz FSB. Example, a P3-900E, is the 100mhz FSB socket 370 P3. This processor was made for HP and is now scarce. I bought one a few years ago and have migrated it to its second mainboard. It's a great processor if you can find it at a reasonable price. Mine ran for 20 minutes without the heatsink one day.

 

[motoxpress]

I could find a P3 800e but it was a slot 1. Do you know wht speeds the 'e' chip came in?

Thanks

MX

 

[motoxpress]

Does this look right?:

"Pentium® III 850E 100MHZ FSB 256K cache - FCPGA .18 Micron Coppermine -OEM"

MX

 

[JSSheridan]

Originally posted by: motoxpress
Does this look right?:

"Pentium® III 850E 100MHZ FSB 256K cache - FCPGA .18 Micron Coppermine -OEM"

MX

That looks like it will work. Peace.