PENTIUM III 700E FCPGA
"Another 1 Gigahertz Wonder"
by Ramil Tranquilino
Still fresh from the last CuMine journey with a 650E reaching 1 gig, read here, comes another Coppermine adventure, this time the Pentium III 700E. With CPU's getting cheaper and cheaper every day, a fast processor is very affordable now. And Intel's Coppermine chip is by far one of the most powerful and highly overclockable chips at the moment. Having proven the overclockability of the 650E, I wanted to test the next speed up. How high could the 700E be overclocked? Another 1 gigahertz wonder perhaps? A higher multiplier really sounds very appealing although if it doesn't perform nicely in terms of overclocking then its not worth the extra bucks.
Let's get everything rolling and test this CPU.
THE CPU
Pentium III 700E FCPGA
Made in the Philippines
Yes, it's a cBo stepping!
The Test Rig
ABIT BE6-2 (SH BIOS)
Abit Slotket III
Infineon Original 128mb PC133 SDRAM
Creative Annahillator GeForce 32mb SDR
IBM 75GXP 30Gb Ultra ATA100 7200 rpm
Full Tower 300w PSU
Windows 98SE
Cooling
CPU- stock HSF then 52w Alpha Pelt
Video Card-stock HSF
Hard Drive- Ultimate HD Cooler
Slot cooler under AGP
2x 80mm case fan
Twin turbo exhaust fan
CARD COOLER XT
Benchmarking Tools
SiSoft SANDRA 2000
Quake 3 Loop
3dMark2000
Prime 95
MBM 4.18
WCPUID
NO COOLING SOFTWARE USED