🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: uk.comp.os.linux
Article #382

Re: Hardware for new Linux box

#382
From: Michael Bungey
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 00:00
28 lines
2043 bytes
In article <80kieh$bu7$1@hek.netix.org.uk>, at 20:41:53 on Sat, 13 Nov
1999, C. Newport <crn@NOSPAM.netunix.com> spewed forth the following:
>Marcus Durham (Marcus@zenn.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>: In article <80jdh2$8um$1@hek.netix.org.uk> C. Newport
>: <crn@NOSPAM.netunix.com> shared the following with us in demon.tech.pc:
>: [snip]
>: >Richard is winding you up - and trying to start a dick-size contest.
>: >NEVER overclock, particularly a Celeron. It is the fast track to grief.
>: [snip]
>
>: Sorry, I do believe that you are talking out of your backside. This
>: machine has been running a Celeron 466 at 582 for 3 months. It's fast,
>: stable and more reliable than my previous K6 300 ABIT setup.
>
>So how come about 50% of the people who I try to help with obscure
>crashes are overclocking celerons. The problem always goes away
>when they put it back to standard.
>
>The fact that you have got away with it so far does not indicate that this 
>is a reliable practice. If a 466 could be reliably run at 582 then
>Intel would label them as 550 and charge more money for them.
>
>
The problem is adequate cooling I should think... that's the only reason
it'd crash overclocked but not normally clocked =>  Buy a better
heatsink/fan =)
-- 
Michael Bungey
Technical Details
Message-ID: <2L7EeNAkFIM4EwfC@clara.net>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail
References: <942201399snz@siberia.demon.co.uk> <weUWrTASVaL4EwHo@zenn.demon.co.uk> <80kieh$bu7$1@hek.netix.org.uk>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 1036bc,57abaeb217d681cb
X-Google-Attributes: gid1036bc,public
X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,57abaeb217d681cb
X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public
From: Michael Bungey <spam@fuelwise.clara.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Hardware for new Linux box
Date: 1999/11/16
Message-ID: <2L7EeNAkFIM4EwfC@clara.net>
X-Deja-AN: 549218106
References: <942201399snz@siberia.demon.co.uk> <weUWrTASVaL4EwHo@zenn.demon.co.uk> <80kieh$bu7$1@hek.netix.org.uk>
X-Complaints-To: abuse@clara.net
X-Trace: nnrp3.clara.net 942747872 195.8.81.4 (Tue, 16 Nov 1999 10:24:32 GMT)
Organization: I'm never organzed ;)
MIME-Version: 1.0
NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 10:24:32 GMT
Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,demon.tech.pc