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