In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marc Le
wis writes:
> Right now the best bang for the buck is a PII 350. Grand total for a dual
> processor board (100MHz bus) and the two processors was around $700. I
> spent more than that on my first PPro 200 uniprocessor. So I ask again, is
> it really worth the "savings"?
Well, I bought a dual PPro system with 180MHz CPUs. Overclocking
them to 200MHz gives me a demonstrably faster bus (66 vs 60).
Not only that, but they run cool, and have zero errors.
It was about 45 seconds of work to change the jumper, about two hours
to test.
Yes, it was worth it.
Now, hacking up Celerons... I don't personally think so.
But remember to a lot of people this is a hobby and if it keeps
him entertained, fine.
He's probably doing more testing than Intel ever does BTW. About all
they do is a thermal test and MAYBE some minor instruction test.
If there is a business case, you can bet they push the envelope.
Probably some of you out there are running CPUs more overclocked
than mine and you don't even know it.
Also, I noticed that AMD participates with a couple of companies
in making overclocked systems. Evidently they feel like it is safe
so long as testing shows things are OK.
Technically speaking all CPUs are overclocked or underclocked,
depending on your POV.
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