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Install Other Hardware
Start installing the essential hardware required to get your system
started.
Install the Processor
This mainboard has a Socket-370 processor socket. To choose a
processor, you need to consider the performance requirements of the
system and also the price of the processor. Performance is based on the
processor design, the clock speed and system bus frequency of the
processor, and the quantity of internal cache memory and external cache
memory. Higher clock speeds and larger amounts of cache memory
deliver greater performance.
About Socket-370 Processors
The socket-370 supports PGA Intel Celeron and Cyrix Joshua
processors, and FC-PGA Intel Coppermine processors.
Intel Celeron
PGA stands for Plastic Pin Grid Array. This is a description of the square
plastic package that the processor is embedded in. The PGA Celeron is
identical to the SEPP Celeron, except for the external packaging. PGA
Celerons run at clock speeds from 300 MHz through to 533 MHz. All the
current PGA Celerons operate over a 66 MHz system bus. The PGA
Celeron is less expensive than a SEPP Celeron with the same clock
speed.
Cyrix Joshua
The new Cyrix Joshua processor also fits into the Socket-370. The
Joshua will include a 256K on-chip L2 cache, which runs at full
processor speed. It is the first non-Intel chip to plug into the same socket
as a Celeron. Cyrix Joshua processors run over a 100 or 133 MHz
system bus.
Intel Coppermine
The Intel Coppermine processor runs over a 66, 100 or 133 MHz system
bus. The FC-PGA Coppermine ships with clock speeds running from 500
MHz through to 750 MHz.
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