440 Bx strong enough for the 1 Ghz?

[Simn]

i've got a old Be-6 board.

i saw some p3 Secc2 1Ghz around. i've put the latest bios but it claim to support only 850E.

should a take a 850 and OC it? did im gonna be able to OC the 1Ghz one.


and can i put more than 768 megs (3x256) can i do 1,56 GB (3x512). do you think i can take PC-133 mhz and run at 133FSB since sdram is so cheap. last thing, there different kind of sdram module out there should i take the cheappest?


Thanks,

Simn

 

[Simn]

just one thing. since this is old Bx board should i take cheapest Cpu like 700E with a good Co and put 3 generic ram module ( a saw 25$ each fo 256 mg) and keep my money for next years big thing ( i dont know what it's gonna be, but it gonna be big i tell ya)

i couple of word my question is: do the extra (+150%)for a 1ghz P3 worth it for the diffence in speed (15 to 20%) with the 700E? (did i answer my question there?)

 

[subhuman]

remember the 133mhz FSB on BX overclocks your AGP to 89mhz, most nVIDIA cards can handle this. BX is still a solid choice! and no 512meg ram limitations. I'd probably get a 750mhz chip (7.5x100) and shoot for 7.5x133 = 1000mhz.

 

[SaturnX]

Oh yeah, if you're running Win 98, don't get more than 512MB RAM, 98 craps out when using more

--Mark

"Out of Memory" Error Messages with Large Amounts of RAM Installed

Error Message: Insufficient Memory to Initialize Windows

 

[zzzz]

Also the cheap ram you saw is probably high density ram which is not compatible with BX chipset.