i recently purchased a pentium III 850e mhz, but when i got the box, it had 850 and not 850e. how can i make sure i have a 850e???
thanks.
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i recently purchased a pentium III 850e mhz, but when i got the box, it had 850 and not 850e. how can i make sure i have a 850e???
thanks.
What are the actual code numbers stamped on the chip?
don't know.
If you can post them then we will be able to help out more.
there are several versions of the PIII the original pIII's had 512k level 2 cache and a 100 mhz system bus, and had no letter. they were based on a .24 micron process that stopped at ~ 600 mhz. the next version uses the coppermine core, which goes to 1000 mhz, and the chips that end with e are coppermines. even though your chip doesn't say e, it still is because it is impossible for it to run at 850 mhz and not be a coppermine.
Go here
http://support.intel.com/support/processors/procid/
and download the Intel CPU Identification utilities. Hope this helps..
The "E" means you have half the cache running at the full speed of the precessor. The "B" would mean it is a 133Mhz FSB processor. Hope this clears some things up a bit. <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">