Asus p4b266

[SR]

What's the highest speed CPU anyone is running with this board? I know 2.6 is possible , anyone runing a higher speed one?

 

[Hackworth]

What's the highest speed CPU anyone is running with this board? I know 2.6
is possible , anyone runing a higher speed one?

You can't run anything higher than a 2.6-GHz P4 (400-MHz FSB version) on
that motherboard. That chip is pretty hard to find, too... and you'll have
to settle for a used one. BTW, it is an OEM-only processor... Intel never
marketed a retail box version.

I found only one on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Pentium-4...ryZ14293QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

You can also find one at StarMicro:

http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=115

 

[MixMasterJ]

I am running it with my processor at 2.4ghz, but I bought it about 3 years
ago. It is confusing that Asus updated its bios to support 3.0 processors,
isn't it? But the Asus site does say you can go up only to 2.4ghz.

Can I ask how long you had yours? If you bought it recently, I am wondering
why you bought this one?

 

[Hackworth]

Well, I don't have that motherboard or processor any longer, having gotten
rid of it about six months ago when I switched over to an AMD platform
(again!).

Anyhow, I had owned the 2.6-MHz version of the P4 (400-MHz FSB) for at least
a year, probably closer to a year-and-a-half actually. At the time I
upgraded to the 2.6, I was running a 2.4 like you. My daughter was overdue
for an upgrade, so instead of just buying another 2.4, I found a 2.6 for
myself at a good price, and then I put the existing 2.4 into the box I built
for her.

I knew that I would be keeping my P4B266 for at least another year, so I
figured that since my daughter needed an upgrade anyhow, I may as well get
the fastest processor available for my own motherboard and let her have my
old processor.