best price/performance overclocking cpu?

[deras]

i have a slot 1 bx board (Luckystar 6ABX2V), without voltage tweakability but with fsb tweakability ... but if i have to I will get a new motherboard...

with that said what is the best cpu right now as far as performance for the dollar...

 

[Viper GTS]

Personally I'd drop over to Azzo.com & grab a C566 & a decent Slocket. Total should run you under $140, plus $20 or so for a Golden Orb. You'd have a pretty good shot at 850+ MHz, & it's cheap. You'd be able to use your existing motherboard & memory, just a nice & simple CPU swap.

If Durons were easily overclockable, they'd probably be a good choice. Right now, though, a Duron 700 costs $175 locally. And that's just for the CPU. You'd also need a new motherboard. Total would probably be $300-325. And frankly the Duron doesn't kick ass on the Celeron II as badly as people might like you to believe.

The Celeron's not the fastest thing out there, not by a long shot. But it's a damned good CPU for the money.

Viper GTS

 

[compuwiz1]

Viper, the Azzo deal is pretty close to the Guaranteed deal.

 

[Viper GTS]

Eh? Whadda ya mean?

You're confusing me...



Viper GTS

 

[340mopar]

He means the price is so close to that of a no gamble, pretested,
no time and money lost, not stuck with lemon cpu at default speed, guaranteed by some some Wiz...1 might say

er...Viper like ya didn't know that..was reading to deep in your reply

 

[Coki]

P3 700E@933 from onvia.com and pointlclick deal CAN NOT BE BEAT.

THAT CPU ROCKS!

 

[Eug]

Heheh. I just love it! Cracking OGR, and that's not even my best score.

Description @ MHz ========' Nodes/sec ========' Nodes/sec/Mhz
Celly 533A@897 @ 897 ========' 6162521.22 ========' 6870.15
PIII 650 MHz @ 650 ========' 4463341.13 ========' 6866.68
Pentium-2, 333 Mhz @ 343 Mhz. @ 343 ========' 2260483.02 ========' 6590.33
Athlon 600 @ 650: @ 650 ========' 4184365.13 ========' 6437.48
Celeron 300a/450, @ 450 ========' 2557661.16 ========' 5683.69
P3-700 oced to 933 mhz @ 933 ========' 5295524.07 ========' 5675.80
Celeron 300a/450, @ 450 ========' 2520000 ========' 5600.00
PIII 700 @ 700 ========' 3911675.13 ========' 5588.11
Celeron 366@550 @ 550 ========' 3046955.00 ========' 5539.92
PIII 700 @ 700 ========' 3875661.60 ========' 5536.66

But I must admit, I have no idea how the PIII 933 is setup.
<Edit> I have the Celly if you haven't figured that out already. </Edit>

 

[Packet]

My 2 cents

If you have alittle bit more money

P3 550e will hit at least 733
P3 600e will hit at least 800

or if you have less to spend

the C2-566 will hit at least 850

 

[Ben_Tech]

My 700E CB0 would not go above 868 no matter what, however the celeron 566's that I have used all have gone to at least 875. Even my 550E's have hit around 800.

I would try an iwill slocket II or something similar, with the voltage ajustments plus a celeron (coppermine-128) 566.