Hardware Upgrade Advice

[JBoDEAN 0]

I need some advice on upgrading.

 

My current system configuration is listed below. I am trying to decide if I should get a celeron 566 and overclock it to around 800 mhz, or buy a Pentium 600 mhz

 

I play Q3a, Flight Sim 2000, FLY2k!, and Half life. Just curious on what you all suggest.

 

 

 

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[Here is my system]

Intel Celeron 366 @ 550

Abit BE6 Rv1

Creative Labs TNT2 Ultra

Soundblaster Live! Value w/ cambridge 4 point speakers

Pioneer 6x dvd / 12 x cdrom SCSI Drive

3com 905b-cmb network card

Panasonic 4x scsi burner

IBM Deskstar 13.5g 7200rpm DMA/66

Western Digital 14g 5400rpm DMA/66

256m PC-100 CS2 ram

 

 

BoDEAN

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[ledzeppel 0]

Well I'm not sure what that BE6 is capable of. So here goes:

 

If it can do 133/33 (FSB/PCI bus), get yourself a 550E or 600E and run at 733 or 800EB. If it can't do that, get yourself a Asus CUBX with same processor. This is assuming PC133 ram of course.

 

If money is tight, get the celeron II 566 @ 850 with pc100 memory present.

[ledzeppel 0]

hmmm...that CAS 2 ram of yours might work at 133 CAS 3...most I know do, as long as it is CAS 2 PC100.

[JBoDEAN 0]

Going to get a celeron 566, overclocked at 850. Sunshinestar.com , they test it for 72 hrs, make sure it runs at oc'ed speed.

 

230 bucks! CPU / OC'ed / Converttor / Fan

 

 

NOT BAD AT ALL!

[ledzeppel 0]

Oh man!! Thanks for the info. I might get one of those to replace my old 300A@450 in my second PC.