Whats the highest slot 1 processor available?

[cmf21]

I'm trying to find a slot 1 processor for my friends computer. He has a bh6 revision 1.01 motherboard. He need something above 700 mhz but I'm confused with all the coppermine stuff. What does the E stand for at the end of 700mhz and how can you tell if the chip is 100 or 133 bus speed. Also does anyone know if a fcpga chip will work with this board?

 

[Mark R]

The E after the speed designation specifies that the CPU uses a coppermine core. FCPGA chips are all coppermine cores.
The designation B means that a 133 MHz bus is required.

There is a problem with the BH6 rev 1.01 - the power supply on the board doesn't work particularly well when supplying the very low voltage needed by coppermine CPUs. There is a risk of instability, and Abit recommend that you do not use coppermine CPUs on this board (with or without converter).

This does not mean that the combination will be unstable, it has just been identified as a potential problem.

 

[Noriaki]

Anything with an E after it, or that is higher than 600Mhz is a coppermine. There are 500,550 and 600 in both Coppermine, and old-P3. Other than those 3 speeds don't worry about the E above 600 are always coppermines, but they don't always use the E, and below 500 is never a coppermine.

Anything with a B after it is 133Mhz Bus.
Anything ending in 66 or 33 is a 133Mhz Bus.
Anything ending in 50 is a 100Mhz Bus.

Ending in 00 can be either...but 700 or 750 is as high as the 100Mhz Bus chips go (so quite frequently above that there won't be a B)
800s and 1000s are 133Mhz bus only.
500 and 700 are 100Mhz bus only.
There is no 900.
600 can be either, 600EB is 133, 600E is 100.
(600B and 600 would be non-coppermines)


An FC-PGA chip will work fine, you just need a converter that is compatible with coppermines, Asus, MSi, and ABit all make good ones.

I hope I laid it out in a way you can understand all that...the coppermines are kind of confusing, I understand it perfectly, but I don't know if I explained it very well..

The highest readily available P3 is 933Mhz, the 1Ghz one is available to, but in lower quantities, the 1.13Ghz was available but died.
Any of those are 133Mhz bus though, and would be an overclock on your AGP slot...depending on your video card that may be fine, the highest avaialbe in 100Mhz bus is 700 or 750...

 

[cmf21]

Thanks. So it is safe to use a coppermine on this board? What voltage do they require and what would you recommend to use.

 

[Daniel]

The 800 is available in 100 fsb as well.

 

[KarsinTheHutt]

850e is the highest 100 MHz FSB Coppermine available in Slot 1 format

 

[Lore]

No, the 1.0ghz is the highest speed available for a Slot 1, 100mhz FSB chip. I should know - I have one.

An FC-PGA chip will work provided you have a Slocket that supports coppermine chips.

It is possible to use Slot 1 Coppermines on the old BH6 rev 1.01, but I *think* the 700mhz might be the highest you can go in terms of the motherboard's BIOS recognizing the CPUID. I've used a 700mhz on it and it works just fine. However, starting at 850mhz I believe you must use 1.70 volts vs 1.65 volts. I know the 850 requires 1.70v, but I'm not sure about the 800mhz.

 

[SUOrangeman]

Umm, Lore ... do you really think you have a 10.x multiplier on a P3?

I hate to be the one who bursts your bubble, bu if your P3 does have such a multiplier, why haven't we seen P3-900 and P3-950 (9.0x and 9.5x, respectively)?

-SUO

 

[8008S]

SUO

Yes there is a 1GHZ 100FSB Slot1 P3. Check it out here. intel data sheet

 

[Drifter]

My system:

P3 700@935 FC-PGA W/IWill Slocket 2 (stock heatsink and fan@ 1.65V )
Abit BH-6 (revision 1.01 )
Asus Geforce 2 MX (200/200)
Asus 36X
SB Live
Yamaha 8X8X24
WD 5.1 Gig. Waiting for my IBM 45Gig
Qestec PC-133 128 meg
Yamaha speakers


>Think i'm max out on this motherboard..
>What a difference from my 300A@504,V550
>Was going to wait for the P4 and full upgrade.But.....it's only money and I can make more.

 

[SUOrangeman]

Thanks Drifter. I sit corrected.

-SUO

 

[Lore]

Didn't get to this post early enough, but SUOrangeman, yes, I do really think that I have a P3-1000 with a 10x multiplier. :disgust:

 

[4824guy]

Here is two good Intel web sites


Here


And Here also