Question about pentium I Packaging

[Maximilian]

I cant find much info on the different styles of packaging, only the fact that there were quite a few, 3? i think.

What was the difference between these three styles of pentium? Which was the best? Any styles ive missed out?

Style 1 - Ceramic thing
Style 2 - Ceramic thing with gold plate
Style 3 - Odd looking beast, i own one of these.

 

[Zap]

I think style 2 were the lower clocked ones, but not sure. Style 1 seemed to be the most common, spanning from at least the P75 to the P166 (maybe P200). Style 3 were mostly (or all) Pentium MMX from 166MHz to 233MHz, though some Pentium MMX were style 1.

 

[Maximilian]

Kewl. Was there any differences in temperature between them? Were some more sought after than others?

 

[kb3edk]

Originally posted by: Zap
I think style 2 were the lower clocked ones, but not sure. Style 1 seemed to be the most common, spanning from at least the P75 to the P166 (maybe P200). Style 3 were mostly (or all) Pentium MMX from 166MHz to 233MHz, though some Pentium MMX were style 1.

Yep, I had a "style 2" Pentium 60 back in college, it ran my first PC! Cooled by a 3" high black anodized aluminum heatsink clipped to the top. No fan. No thermal grease. If I had to guess how hot it ran I'd say somewhere in the high 30s Celsius.

Hmm what else did it have... 16MB of EDO RAM, a 400MB hard drive (WD Caviar!), Windows 3.1, some sort of 32bit (non 3D) PCI video card by Adaptec, Soundblaster 16, 15" CRT monitor, and no CD-ROM, all for the low low price of $3199 :roll:

 

[Maximilian]

Originally posted by: kb3edk

Originally posted by: Zap
I think style 2 were the lower clocked ones, but not sure. Style 1 seemed to be the most common, spanning from at least the P75 to the P166 (maybe P200). Style 3 were mostly (or all) Pentium MMX from 166MHz to 233MHz, though some Pentium MMX were style 1.

Yep, I had a "style 2" Pentium 60 back in college, it ran my first PC! Cooled by a 3" high black anodized aluminum heatsink clipped to the top. No fan. No thermal grease. If I had to guess how hot it ran I'd say somewhere in the high 30s Celsius.

Hmm what else did it have... 16MB of EDO RAM, a 400MB hard drive (WD Caviar!), Windows 3.1, some sort of 32bit (non 3D) PCI video card by Adaptec, Soundblaster 16, 15" CRT monitor, and no CD-ROM, all for the low low price of $3199 :roll:

What a beast! lol

 

[d3lt4]

Originally posted by: kb3edk

Originally posted by: Zap
I think style 2 were the lower clocked ones, but not sure. Style 1 seemed to be the most common, spanning from at least the P75 to the P166 (maybe P200). Style 3 were mostly (or all) Pentium MMX from 166MHz to 233MHz, though some Pentium MMX were style 1.

Yep, I had a "style 2" Pentium 60 back in college, it ran my first PC! Cooled by a 3" high black anodized aluminum heatsink clipped to the top. No fan. No thermal grease. If I had to guess how hot it ran I'd say somewhere in the high 30s Celsius.

Hmm what else did it have... 16MB of EDO RAM, a 400MB hard drive (WD Caviar!), Windows 3.1, some sort of 32bit (non 3D) PCI video card by Adaptec, Soundblaster 16, 15" CRT monitor, and no CD-ROM, all for the low low price of $3199 :roll:

Can't wait to get my hands on one.

 

[m3a2]

Ive got what you need then, A dual pentium pro board.

 

[Peter]

Non-MMX Pentium originally came with the gold-lidded package, but very soon switched to the ceramic type. Later, about Pentium-166 and -200, they switched to the black plastic case w/ lid and stuck to that for the P-MMX.