From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Jan 18 20:46:50 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA12287 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:46:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from oitunix.oit.umass.edu (nscs44p15.remote.umass.edu [128.119.179.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA12281 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:46:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gp@oitunix.oit.umass.edu) Received: (from gp@localhost) by oitunix.oit.umass.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id XAA07631 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 23:46:35 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gp) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 23:46:35 -0500 From: Greg Pavelcak To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Overclocking Celeron 300A Message-ID: <19990118234635.A7597@oitunix.oit.umass.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I'm aware of the warnings against overclocking, and this isn't intended as a troll, however: 1. tomsharware & anandtech indicate that overclocking the Celeron 300A to 450 is pretty reliably doable. 2. At that speed, the Celeron performance stacks up pretty well against a full-fledged PII (At least in WinStone and Quake). 3. The Celeron costs about $70 PII450 $470 Even with a shortened lifespan and potential reliability problems, it seems to me, based on this, that buying a Celeron and overclocking it may be a perfectly rational thing to do. I was just wondering if anyone here is doing that. If so how's it working? Got a "worldstone"? Or am I missing something that makes this a really stupid idea. (By the way, I'm not talking about a production machine, just my home PC.) Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message