Why is the PII 333 so expensive!

[alluu]

I have a friend who had a PII 333 and it just died on him. Went onto pricewatch and these things cost $100 while the 300 is listed at $49 and the 350 is listed at $55. Why are they so expensive? Is there anything special about them? Unless there is, might have to build new computer.

 

[SuperFreaky]

prices for out-of-production chips never makes sense... try the FS forum!

 

[alluu]

That would make sense but all the other CPU's in that range are so much cheaper. You are right, it doesn't make sense.

 

[Batti]

It's the highest speed chip for a 66MHZ FSB machine, so it's in heavy demand. A 350 uses 100FSB.

 

[Davegod75]

dunno about the high demand for a pII 333. but they aren't being made anymore so the supply is very little and when supply goes down price goes up

 

[BA]

Batti's right. It's all the LX and EX boards out there(maybe FX ones too, how high do they go?). 333 is the fastest P2 you can put on a 66mHz FSB.

 

[alluu]

Thanks for the help. I guess it could probably also oc well to switching to 100 mhz. Has anyone tried that.

 

[SiliconVandal]

<<
It's the highest speed chip for a 66MHZ FSB machine, so it's in heavy demand. A 350 uses 100FSB >>

Wrong.
The 366 is the highest 66MHz P2, and they ARE in higher demand because you can easily up them to 100MHz with a cheap 100 mobo/100 memory, so they are a lot more bang-for-buck than a 350 (100MHz FSB).

 

[EMAN]

<<
Wrong.
The 366 is the highest 66MHz P2, and they ARE in higher demand because you can easily up them to 100MHz with a cheap 100 mobo/100 memory, so they are a lot more bang-for-buck than a 350 (100MHz FSB).>>

I don't know where you got your information but your wrong! P2 333 is the highest 66mhz P2.

 

[brennan]

Eman is correct here. Silicon, I think you're thinking of the mobile P2, which went up to 366 w/a 66MHz bus, IIRC. However, there was no P2 366 made for the desktop.

EDIT: Wait, I think you're thinking of the *Celeron* 366, which did indeed jump up to a 100MHz bus pretty easily.

Also, alluu: A P2 333 almost guaranteed won't do a 100 MHz bus; at least, I've never heard of a successful such OC. And, chances are the mobo is an LX, so it won't do a 100MHz bus anyways (83MHz is likely the highest). You may want to recommend that your friend get a Celeron instead. Anyone know if an LX mobo could handle a Celeron2 with a slocket?

-brennan

 

[Smbu]

Yeah, the highest 66mhz P2 was 333mhz, then they switched over to the 100mhz fsb with the P2 350.

 

[AndyHui]

brennan_: I disagree....I've seen several 333s get up using the the 100Mhz FSB, but lower the multiplier. Most, if not all, should get to 400MHz at least. There was a run of SL2TVs that could make 500MHz though.

Most 333s were not mutliplier locked, but rather multiplier limited...ie you could use any mutliplier up to 5.0x

 

[alluu]

Oh, my friend's was a SL2TV. Do you know what percentage was able to hit 500 of these? Was it pretty easy.

 

[LukFilm]

I remember that batch #, a lot of them did 500MHz easily, give it a shot!

 

[gtd2000]

P233MMX's are 50% more expensive than a K6-2 500Mhz here! LOL!

 

[Tominator]

alluu

What motherboard does he have? Other system specs?

You can probably get a Celeron, a Slotket and fan for pretty cheap if the system will take it. Maybe up to 533mhz.

 

[Finality]

How about a nice Celeron 466 instead? The motherboard should support it easily.