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Started by Loupole
Thu, 05 Apr 2001 05:31
Can anyone help on a upgrade ??
Author: Loupole
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 05:31
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 05:31
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Right about 7 years I build a Computer from nothing it was a Pentium 166mhz then I upgraded to a 233mhz. Now I have a Celeron 600mhz running all my old parts and it works well but now I find it slow compared to other machines I used. I want to know what I can upgrade to get the full speed it needs to get ahead with the computer age. I was thinking of a 1ghz since prices are droping or should I wait and get a P4 1.5 ghz and go with that. Or can I overclock my 600mhz to at least 1ghz or am I dreaming ?? This is what i have in my machine to give you a idea. 600mhz Celeron 48x CD Rom HP 9100 CD Writer 2x 1.44mb Floppy Drives 20Gb Hard Drive (Seagate) 7200rpm 8mb Premedia 2 Graphics Card (AGP) ATX Abit 133mhz Motherboard Sound Card (Basic) (PCI) 56k Modem (ISA) I rather stuck to Intel. I just use my computer home use for Games and Internet stuff. E-mail me at Loupole@hotmail.com
Re: Can anyone help on a upgrade ??
Author: Rob
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 09:48
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 09:48
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The best thing you could do to it would be to upgrade the video card. As a minimum I'd suggest a Geforce2 MX. Your CPU should run most games fine with a decent vid card. You might be able to O/C the CPU up to 900 if you're lucky (with a good heatsink etc), but anything more than that is very unlikely. You haven't mentioned how much RAM you have - but any less than 128mb would slow you down a bit in Win98. Rob "Loupole" <Loupole@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:MuTy6.1002$ndm.38994024@news.xtra.co.nz... > Right about 7 years I build a Computer from nothing it was a Pentium 166mhz > then I upgraded to a 233mhz. Now I have a Celeron 600mhz running all my old > parts and it works well but now I find it slow compared to other machines I > used. > > I want to know what I can upgrade to get the full speed it needs to get > ahead with the computer age. I was thinking of a 1ghz since prices are > droping or should I wait and get a P4 1.5 ghz and go with that. > > Or can I overclock my 600mhz to at least 1ghz or am I dreaming ?? > > This is what i have in my machine to give you a idea. > > 600mhz Celeron > 48x CD Rom > HP 9100 CD Writer > 2x 1.44mb Floppy Drives > 20Gb Hard Drive (Seagate) 7200rpm > 8mb Premedia 2 Graphics Card (AGP) > ATX Abit 133mhz Motherboard > Sound Card (Basic) (PCI) > 56k Modem (ISA) > > > > I rather stuck to Intel. > > I just use my computer home use for Games and Internet stuff. > > E-mail me at Loupole@hotmail.com > > > > > >
Re: Can anyone help on a upgrade ??
Author: Thumb
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 12:52
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 12:52
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Huu ! An abit 133 MHz motherboard ! and you run 600 with your Celeron ! This is some of the most obvious oc tasks. Especially the celeron 600 is well suited to jump to 100 MHz frontbus, since 900 MHz is modest and will work for almost everybody. http://www.overclockers.com see cpu-database then select celeron 600 for an Intel cpu and Go. 9x112 is also possible with per example a PAL 6035 air cooler and 1.85 volt. Most people over 1050 don't use air cooling, but peltier, etc. best regards John On Thu, 5 Apr 2001 17:31:44 +1200, "Loupole" <Loupole@hotmail.com> wrote: >Right about 7 years I build a Computer from nothing it was a Pentium 166mhz >then I upgraded to a 233mhz. Now I have a Celeron 600mhz running all my old >parts and it works well but now I find it slow compared to other machines I >used. > >I want to know what I can upgrade to get the full speed it needs to get >ahead with the computer age. I was thinking of a 1ghz since prices are >droping or should I wait and get a P4 1.5 ghz and go with that. > >Or can I overclock my 600mhz to at least 1ghz or am I dreaming ?? > >This is what i have in my machine to give you a idea. > >600mhz Celeron >48x CD Rom >HP 9100 CD Writer >2x 1.44mb Floppy Drives >20Gb Hard Drive (Seagate) 7200rpm >8mb Premedia 2 Graphics Card (AGP) >ATX Abit 133mhz Motherboard >Sound Card (Basic) (PCI) >56k Modem (ISA) > > > >I rather stuck to Intel. > >I just use my computer home use for Games and Internet stuff. > >E-mail me at Loupole@hotmail.com > > > > >
Re: Can anyone help on a upgrade ??
Author: John Karalis
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 19:48
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 19:48
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Well since you want to stick to intel you can always buy the 1GHz PIII as long as your mobo supports it. Overclocking the Celeron to 1GHz is beyond anyones dreams, not only yours :-) (sorry to say it this way but its the truth) provided that the Celeron has a multiplier lock so the only thing you can do is raise the fsb to 100 so you will get at most 900 MHz but i don't know how stable. In the unfortunate case that your mobo doesn't support the 1Gz PIII then you should change your mobo too. A faster vga card would also help your system's speed and a 128mb dimm as well. I would recommend the ati radeon 64mb vivo. Note that if you change motherboard you may have to change modem too since few new mobos come with ISA anymore. I hope i helped. Good luck. "Loupole" <Loupole@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:MuTy6.1002$ndm.38994024@news.xtra.co.nz... > Right about 7 years I build a Computer from nothing it was a Pentium 166mhz > then I upgraded to a 233mhz. Now I have a Celeron 600mhz running all my old > parts and it works well but now I find it slow compared to other machines I > used. > > I want to know what I can upgrade to get the full speed it needs to get > ahead with the computer age. I was thinking of a 1ghz since prices are > droping or should I wait and get a P4 1.5 ghz and go with that. > > Or can I overclock my 600mhz to at least 1ghz or am I dreaming ?? > > This is what i have in my machine to give you a idea. > > 600mhz Celeron > 48x CD Rom > HP 9100 CD Writer > 2x 1.44mb Floppy Drives > 20Gb Hard Drive (Seagate) 7200rpm > 8mb Premedia 2 Graphics Card (AGP) > ATX Abit 133mhz Motherboard > Sound Card (Basic) (PCI) > 56k Modem (ISA) > > > > I rather stuck to Intel. > > I just use my computer home use for Games and Internet stuff. > > E-mail me at Loupole@hotmail.com > > > > > >
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