Intel Pentium III (Katmai)

I recently bought a QDI BrillianX IV motherboard that support single or dual Pentium IIs and also some (not all) Pentium IIIs. I initially ran it with a single 350Mhz, and then decided to try out my PIII 450 in it, which to my satisfaction, worked. However, not content with only using half the abilities of my motherboard, I decided to investigate getting a second processor for it. I phoned several shops and was told different stories by them. Some said that to run dual processors, you MUST have the same processor type, speed, and stepping, others told me that the stepping was not important but they must be the same clock speed, while others told me that it must ...  Read the complete review

Overclocking the Pentium III 500 (100Mhz Bus Katami core) is a pretty simple process providing you know what your doing. All you need to do is go into the BIOS and change the BUS speed of the processor to 103Mhz, 112Mhz and in some cases 124Mhz but if your very lucky 133Mhz. START WITH 103Mhz AND WORK UP TO 112Mhz IF THEY WORK TRY 124Mhz AND 133Mhz These are the overclocked speeds :- 500Mhz @ 5.0 FSB X 103Mhz Bus = 515Mhz :) 500Mhz @ 5.0 FSB X 112Mhz Bus = 560Mhz :) 500Mhz @ 5.0 FSB X 124Mhz Bus = 620Mhz * 500Mhz @ 5.0 FSB X 133Mhz Bus = 665Mhz ** :) These will work fine. * Has little chance of working. ...  Read the complete review

I upgraded from an Intel Pentium II 450 mhz to the new Intel Pentium III 700 mhz mainly because of the upgrade offer at a low cost. I found that immediately there was a noticeable difference and just the way in which my computer carried out every day tasks like opening programs and the likes seemed to fly through as if my old chip was carrying 4 suitcases with it on it's chores! I find no problems at all with it and I would seriously recommend it to anyone after a high speed processor with lightning speed and good capabilities. ...  Read the complete review

with all the mhz and ghz flying about and intel and amd fighting it out. Will people ever learn? you certainlly do not need the lastest PIII or Athlon for that matter for what most ppl are going to use there pcs for. They go "shops" to buy their pcs and get ripped off by a person half their age and barley should be in that shop to give you advice. People are blattenly fooled in to thinking they need the lastest machine to work they are totally wrong. You can easily work process and do DTP with a capable machine with a P133 not a PII or even a PIII and you especially do not need a PIII 800 or what have you not. Speed is only intended for the ...  Read the complete review

With the advance of both software and hardware accelerating at an ever increasing pace, there seems to be a tendency nowadays to believe that the latest technology is essential. This is total nonsense because the older systems still perform as they did when first purchased. The current clock speed of 1 Ghz is quite unusable by 99% of the population. I am running a 500 Mhz PIII processor which I acquired 18 months ago, and it can cope comfortably with anything I wish to throw at it. I have used my computer for the kind of tasks that most people never consider, such as video editing and compression, without the slightest problem. Naturally, as time goes by the ...  Read the complete review