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The Power of 100MHz FSB - And Why You Should Prefer It Too!

Bits und Bolts

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Two unknown Slot 1 CPUs from the scrapyard. Today, we will find out what models I picked up last time I visited the scrapyard.

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00:00 Coppermine
01:22 The Scratch
05:45 Pentium III No. 1
08:23 Pentium III No. 2
09:48 FSB Overclocking
10:18 Voltage Mod
13:40 933 MHz
15:06 Testing

20 Comments

@M0UAW_IO83 2 months ago

Pretty sure my memory is accurate, my Celeron 733MHz Coppermine was stable at 1GHz, think it was in an ABit board and it would have been an Intel Chipset.

I miss those days, lots of fun, these days I just can't seem to get enthusiastic about modern hardware, it's all boring.

@BaumInventions 2 months ago (edited)

The "vias for no reason" are usually used as test points to access all needed lines on one side of the board with a test rig. (or connect internal copper)

@Luix 2 months ago

I had a K7 at 700 I remember overclocking it to 770Mhz and I could notice the difference.

@jdbertel33 2 months ago

This was the golden era of computing. We didn't know it then.

@thepcenthusiastchannel2300 2 months ago (edited)

My Pentium III 700MHz, back in the day, would work fine at 133MHz bus for 933MHz.

**Correction, I used a 1.7v VCore on a 440BX board. Just remembered.

@vladimir.smirnov 2 months ago

4:17 - there is a thing called stitching vias - that might be one of them. It is usually there to reduce noise in the circuit.

@r4z4m4t4z 2 months ago

awesome, nice overclock on the second with only that little more voltage.

@TheOldGraff 2 months ago

I had PIII 800EB run on 1000/166 MHz FSB on default voltage. It's was awesome

@RTDragonCommando 2 months ago

My first Pentium 3 was a 450mhz one, then my uncle upgraded his system and I got two 700mhz cpus from him. It's crazy how wide the performance gap was for a single CPU series.

@cal2127 2 months ago

Cpus on cards were such a cool concept.

@UkrainianSpy 2 months ago

I really like that old hardware :eyes-pink-heart-shape:

@NoNameForNone 2 months ago

Reminds me of my AMD Duron, which was the cheap Athlon. While they lacked cache, they overclocked like madness. The 600mhz ran at 900 stable for years. That's 50% OC for free (with a bigger cooler but that's easy to do on those things).

@techspot413 2 months ago

Had A Pentium III 700 Mhz back in the day, overclocked to 868Mhz I think. Ahhh, these were the days...

@geremychubbuck3730 2 months ago

Great video. 👍 keep up the great work 👍

@mentalplayground 2 months ago

Fun and nostalgia as always. Thanks

@redmajors2436 2 months ago

wow

@forevercomputing 1 month ago

Those vias may also be used for testing the processor once attached to the board.

@MrDbrennen 2 months ago

Loved this era of computing - you could get real performance for "free", new releases were giant leaps in performance. Also games were games and not a hamster wheel of DLC/subscriptions/updates/"live service" slop

@utubeuser1024 2 months ago

Years ago I had a Mod chip of sorts (interposer) they could modify both bus speed reported (66/100/133);and Vcore requested (1.3-2.05V) for Socket 370 chips - I remember trying one on a Celeron 800 which reached 1066 MHz and ran perfectly - I never tried overvolting my P3s though!