Did I get this right ?? Uhm ?

[Newbee]

If i get an Intel 800 MHz EB I :
1.Get 820 and not 440 BX.
2.Have to use expensive RDRAM and not SDRAM.
3.Get a CPU that can be used with slot 1.

If I get an 800 intel without "EB" I:
1.Get 440 BX ....uh somthing and not 820
(what is 820 and 440 BX really ?)
2.Can use common SDRAM
3.Get a CPU that can be used with slot 1.

Is this right or am I way off ...??
Please slap my hand and kick my ass if I'm wrong.

By the way (One more stupid question won't hurt....
What do you think bout the Asus P3V4X ?
The only bad thing I've heard about it is that it had bad Quake 3 performance (Anantech.com).

[Charliey]

Yeah, youve pretty much got it.
The i820 and 440BX are chipsets that the motherboards use. The i820 is the new intel one made for the P3 coppermine and the 440BX is an old intel one made for the P2 ans P3 non-coppermine. The AsusP3V4X uses the VIA chipset for the P3. The best chipset right now is the 440BX. A new asus motherboard, the CUBX is made for coppermine P3s and it uses the 440BX chpset. The CUBX can run P3s up to 800MHz, and Celeron2s.

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-Charlie

[LawyerRon]

Hey Newbee,
If you were stupid, you wouldn't be asking the questions you are asking. The 440BX chipset, although not the newest, is rock solid. In my opinion, it's a legend. If you want to really learn about chipsets go to: www.motherboards.org (http://www.motherboards.org)

You'll learn that the chipset runs the show.

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[Hopper]

If I had to do it all over again. I would look at a pre tested MB, w/cooler, and cpu. and the 133 memory. You can be strutting in style going over the 1000 mark. Check this little spot.


PretestedCPUs@aol.com

[HAL9000]

With a good BX board and good PC133 or even good PC100 RAM, you should be able to run the 133Mhz bus of the EB processor. As for that matter, just for the heck of it, I tried clocking a 700E today up to the 133Mhz bus on a new system. The result, a stable 933Mhz that ran cool with the factory Intel heat sink and fan.

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