FRIED! CPU, please help picking another one Options

[WannabeGT4]

So I had an AMD Athlon T-bird 1.4GHz processor (100mhz fsb 14x multiplier) Socket A/462. I need to replace it. My motherboard supports 100 and 133mhz fsb through jumper settings. I'd like to put in a processor with a 166.5mhz fsb since I can get it cheaper than the discontinued t-bird plus it has a 512k L2 cache compared to the 128k of the t-bird. My question is will this processor work only at a lower frequency since the fsb is restricted by the motherboard? Every thing else seems compatible.

New processor specs:
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...417#DetailSpecs
I realise it says 333mhz fsb but in actuality it's 166.5 since there is a signal sent on the rising and falling side of the sine wave so in effect it acts as 333mhz.

The processor is designed to be run at these settings:
Multiplier of 11.5 x 166.5mhz FSB = 1914mhz

I'd be running this:
Multiplier of 11.5 x 133mhz FSB = 1529mhz

I know I'd be loosing 400mhz created by the bottle neck of my motherboard but I really don't feel like buying ram and a new motherboard right now. It is a possibility in the near future though.

This post has been edited by WannabeGT4: Aug 28, 2005 - 10:34 PM

[creis]

I gata stand by Asus there pretty solid, I have an old one in use with my server and its great for what it does. my desktop (although soon to be upgraded) is an Albatron and it has not gave me any problems although its not the best.