PIII-S 1.4Ghz works in desktop motherboard?

[imported_Skorpio]

Hi guys, Im working on a little side project and since its spring break for me I decided to upgrade my PIII. The current configuration could be found in my anandtech rigs link.

But the question Im asking is that Im thinking about buying a PIII-S Tualatin 1.4ghz / 512k / 1.475V / 133FSB. The stepping codes that I could buy are SL6BY and SL5XL.

Here is just a briefing on my current config.

The current cpu in my board is a PIII Tualatin 1.2Ghz /256k/ 1.475 V / 133 FSB. The stepping codes is SL5PM

The chipset for my motherboard is a VIA VT8623 (southbridge)

The motherboard maker is machspeed / jetway and they support TUALATINS.

So does anyone think a 1.4Ghz would work? or has anyone tried it in a desktop board?

 

[Doctorweir]

The PIII-S 1.4 is a regular desktop cpu. if your board is tualatin-compatible (what it obviously is having a 1.2 installed) it will work...

May give you a ~25% boost
(plus overclock )

 

[Doctorweir]

Oh, and go for the SL6BY 'cos it's the newer tB1-stepping, especially when planning to overclock...

Could not find SL5XL btw...no specs on that one...

 

[Zap]

Even though the 512k cache Tualatins were officially "server" chips, many people have them working on normal desktop boards.

How much would you be spending on this upgrade? DDR RAM is really cheap these days (1GB Kingmax for $83 AR) and you can get cheap mobo/CPU combos ($220 for Athlon 64 with motherboard - socket 939 even!!!). IIRC the Pentium-S 1.4GHz was/is expensive.

 

[Sp33d]

if you want to stick with intel, use the P3. That was the height of their glory. A P3 can't be THAT expensive...

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: Sp33d
if you want to stick with intel, use the P3. That was the height of their glory. A P3 can't be THAT expensive...

They weren't exactly available in large quantities, especially since they came around the time of the Whillamettes and threatened the P4's performance. Intel could have relatively easily continued development of the P3 (which technically they did, turning it in to teh PM), and they could have trumped their own P4 similar to what AMD was nipping at until the the Northwood and then eventually HT hit.

The 1.4GHz P3 Tualtin still goes for $150 in the few places that actually sell them. Not sure about with buying used though. You could probably buy a lower clocked Tualatin or even Celeron Tualatin for a reasonable price, the Celerons wouldn't be that bad considering they had the same ammount of cache as pre-Tualatin P3s...

 

[stevty2889]

A 1.4ghz tualiton would work, however you aren't gonna get much of a speed boost since you already have a 1.2ghz, so I don't think it's worth the cost.

 

[cirthix]

Originally posted by: stevty2889
A 1.4ghz tualiton would work, however you aren't gonna get much of a speed boost since you already have a 1.2ghz, so I don't think it's worth the cost.

i completely agree

 

[aidanjm]

I upgraded from a PIII-S 1.13 Ghz chip (i.e., a server chip with the 512 kb l2 cache) to a celeron D 2.4 Ghz. My Celeron D runs o/c at 3.6 Ghz. It is noticeably faster than the PIII 1.13 Ghz. But a new Celeron D 2.4 ghz costs way less than a new PIII-S 1.4 Ghz. So unless you can pick up a second hand PIII-S 1.4 at a really cheap price, it doesn't seem like a cost-effective move.

 

[Doctorweir]

Originally posted by: cirthix

Originally posted by: stevty2889
A 1.4ghz tualiton would work, however you aren't gonna get much of a speed boost since you already have a 1.2ghz, so I don't think it's worth the cost.

i completely agree

As I said above you will likely see +25%. You should definitely have a look at overclocking with that chip. My second rig is a Tualatin Celeron 1.2 (Same core, tB1 stepping, just 256 cache and 100 default FSB) running at 1740 MHz.
However, don't know about that board and overclockability...I use an Asus TUSL2-C which really kicks...
Other option would really be the switch to S939 and a decent 3000+ Winnie...but that comes with a complete platform change...

 

[Zap]

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Stock, this should be faster than even an overclocked 1.4GHz PIII-S, plus possibility of overclocking. Also, these chips run really cool. Sell your old setup and use all your old parts with the new setup.

 

[JWade]

if he didnt want to change out the whole system, i can understand dropping the money on the new processor, i think www.geeks.com (compgeeks) has teh P3 1.4 512k for 149.

i did a similiar thing to an older socket7 system, i know i could have gotten something like a cheap duron and cheap socket a board for just a few $$ more than a k6-3 processor i bought for it, but much easier to just switch a processor out and not worry about drivers and such.

 

[imported_Skorpio]

Thanks guys for your input, I did put the PIII-S 1.4Ghz and it worked like a charm. I got the PIII-S off some guy I know, and it smokes my roomates 1.6 P4. It was just a side project that I felt like doing.

I might overclock, but I will see

But I cant wait till this summer when I build my A64 system or perhaps dual core would be out...

 

[gwag]

cheap alternative = celeron 1.1 or 1.2 break a pin off for forced 133mhz bus operation 1466 or 1600 mhz loose cache but faster and way cheaper than a 1.4 P3

 

[Deftonespoop]

I had a dual 1.4ghz p3-s setup.... sold the mb and cpu's for like 250 something.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Sp33d
if you want to stick with intel, use the P3. That was the height of their glory. A P3 can't be THAT expensive...

The PIII-S is not just a PIII....web farms are looking for 1.26 and especially 1.4's. A simple CPU replacement keeps there downtime to a minimum.

I just sold my PIII-S 1.4 for $175 which is the current average.