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| 122489 | 2003-02-20 00:38:00 | I have a PII-233, with a 66MHz Frontside bus (FSB). I can't replace the motherboard, as it's a proprietary Digital one with an LX slim case etc etc (grrr). I want to upgrade the CPU, but I'm obviously stuck with a 66MHz FSB. I gather that the highest PII CPU I can install is a 333, because after that the FSB moved to 100MHz. But the Celerons kept the 66MHz FSB for a bit longer. A) Does this sound right? B) The mobo has writing on it with jumper instructions to set the CPU up to 533. I'm looking for Intel iCOMP ratings for the various processors from 233 to 533. Any help? I want to know which rating Celeron starts beating the (lofty) performance of a PII-233. C) I remember vaguely hearing that the old Celerons around 300-333 were very overclockable. If I got hold of a 300a for example, what could I expect to tweak it up to stably? Or does it require bumping the FSB up to 100? I'm looking for all of this stuff online, but your comments would be most apprecified, cheers :) |
bardin (1950) | ||
| 122490 | 2003-02-20 00:43:00 | Any parts of that age will likely cost a fair whack. My suggestion would be that you try somewhere like QMB.co.nz and buy another cheap PC from them for a few hundred. It'll be easier, and in the long run save you a lot of money. Otherwise, try a case swap, whre you keep your CD-ROM, HDD, VGA card and stuff like that and get a new case, mobo, and RAM! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 122491 | 2003-02-20 01:21:00 | If you go to www.trademe.co.nz you can pick up an old Celeron CPU for probably $30-50, plus you can recoup some of it from selling your old CPU...but it's very tempting to get rid of the bloody old compaq. Digital. Whatever! | bardin (1950) | ||
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