From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jan 19 22:06:19 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA08513 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 22:06:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from animaniacs.itribe.net (gatekeeper.itribe.net [209.49.144.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA08508 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 22:06:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jamie@itribe.net) Received: from localhost (jamie@localhost) by animaniacs.itribe.net (950413.SGI.8.6.12/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id BAA26767; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 01:06:05 -0500 Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 01:06:05 -0500 (EST) From: Jamie Bowden To: Greg Pavelcak cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Overclocking Celeron 300A In-Reply-To: <19990118234635.A7597@oitunix.oit.umass.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Greg Pavelcak wrote: > 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.) You have to get a celeron/xxxA. The 'A' model is the chipspeed cache, which is why a 300A overclocked to 450 is faster than a straight P2/450. So long as you make sure they stay cool, overclocked chips should give you good reliability and performance. Jamie Bowden -- If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up. But boggle can go. -Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message