oldskool. Pentium III coppermine enquiries

[oxygene]

ok I have never dabbled in pentium but recently got gifted a pc that had a pentium 3 1ghz in it. the motherboard seams a standard dell etc and only ships with this cpu.
Chip Details:
Pentium III SL52R
1000/256/133/1.75

What I was wondering is firstly what is the maximum speed of this class of chip produced, secondly would the motherboard be able to take an upgrade of the same type / fsb etc? also where on earth would yuo get an old chip from these days? I tried a couple of places, but I am not especially keen to go the auction site route.

 

[dC2006]

PIII cpu`s came in socket versions and slot A versions, you need to find out which one you have and if your motherboard supports anything faster in that socket or slot. Motherboards back then had jumper settings and dip switches to set the cpu multiplier and fsb, so hope you r happy with that kinda stuff.
Best is to check the MM and the bay for a used cpu if your motherboard can support it. Not 100% sure on this but I think PIII cpu`s went upto 1.4ghz.

 

[benjo plz.]

I think coppermine cores didn't get much higher than 1ghz (I think 1.1 was the highest) the chips a 370 flipchip, you might be able to push it up a bit. But intel went on to using tualatin cores after about 1.1 ghz.

 

[hogfather]

Yeah, I think 1ghz was the last coppermine, the last revision of p3 was 1.13ghz, but it was very hot, puts palomino athlons to shame even!

1ghz p3 is actually a pretty handy pc to get for free - pretty nippy for everyday stuff.

 

[Justintime]

PIII cpu`s came in socket versions and slot A versions, you need to find out which one you have and if your motherboard supports anything faster in that socket or slot. Motherboards back then had jumper settings and dip switches to set the cpu multiplier and fsb, so hope you r happy with that kinda stuff.
Best is to check the MM and the bay for a used cpu if your motherboard can support it. Not 100% sure on this but I think PIII cpu`s went upto 1.4ghz.

Lotsa boards had soft BIOS settings for FSB etc.. also its Slot 1 PIII Coppermine 1.13Ghz cpus were recalled, and the 1.4Ghz ones are Tualatins and need a native FCPGA2 socket or adapter for FCPGA1 or Tualatin supporting Slotket for Slot 1. Not worth it upgrading as the speed difference would be virtually unnoticed.