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Scheldon Pereira wrote:

> Do you think it is worth upgrading your processor?
>
> From memory, looking at benchmarks on the Internet, your Celeron 266@448Mhz
> runs equivalent to a Pentium II-350Mhz in Window applications due to the lack
> of L2 cache.
>
> A Celeron 300A @450Mhz runs equivalent to a PII-450Mhz.
> and a Celeron300A goes for about $150.00

$150.00???  300A's go for $65 and up!  If you are willing to pay $150.00 for one
I'd gladly sell you mine :)

>
>
> So the question is do you think $150.00 is worth paying to get a speed increase
> from PII-350Mhz to 450Mhz?

No.  If you've got a PII-350 try overclocking it to 392.  It may or may not work.
Heck, mine does 434 perfectly stable!

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>
> Robert wrote:
>
> > i was considering upgrading from my celeron 266 @ 450 to a celeron 300A at
> > 450mhz..
> > what are my chances on not being able to overclock as i wont have much of a
> > use for the cpu if it doesnt as mine currently beats it anyway...
> > im not worried about increasing voltages to 2.2 or 2.4 or whatever.
> >
> > thanks!
> > please email replies to
> > nolde@wantree.com.au