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Dual Celerons or P3 (700 or 800 to OC): Best bang for buck

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axelfox

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I'm about to upgrade my computer, and I have an Abit BX6.2 mobo currently running a Cely 366@550 with 384 MB RAM (2 x PC133 sticks and 1x PC100 stick). I can get a hold of a BP6, so I wondering if I should buy 2 celerons (and maybe OC them) or a P3 and go that route. I 'm running Windows 2K and money is an issue here.

Thanks,

dan
 
It depends on how you intend to use it. If you do a lot of multitasking, the dual Celerons will work very nicely. I have a BP6 with two Celeron 366@550. While I'm always anxious to go faster, overall I'm pretty happy with this setup. If you're looking to put together a game machine, a single, faster P3 will probably work out better for you. You might also have some trouble finding a 366 Celeron to go with the one you have. They're pretty old now and have certainly fallen off the map at most retailers. You'd probably have to go ebay or something like that.
 
I don't do much gaming (I don't know when was the last time I installed a game on my machine 🙂), but I do alot of multitasking. I was thinking of buying two new (or used) celerons to overclock.

Thanks for the input.

any others?
 
Just keep in mind only the PPGA Celerons can be used in a dual processor machine. Intel totally disabled dual processor capability when they switched to the FC-PGA package. The early 566s were the last of the PPGA line. There are also FC-PGA 566s, so be careful if buying a 566. The 533s and lower are either PPGA or Slot 1.

The dual processor setup is definitely nice if you always have a lot of stuff running in the background. I've had two copies of SETI running while ripping two CDs and encoding previously ripped CDs and surfing the net all at the same time.
 
The last PPGA processor is the Celeron 533. There is no PPGA Celeron 566.

There exists the FC-PGA 533A though.

The last slot 1 Celeron was the 433MHz, in a limited OEM release. The last retail Slot 1 Celeron was the 400MHz.
 
What's the OC ability on the Celeron 533's? If its not very good, I might as well spring for another 366@550 for cheaper.

thank guys
 


<< Supposingly the o'c with the 533's were good, I have a 600@933. It's beautiful!😛 >>



youre thinking of the CuMine celerons (dont work in dual)

the limit of the medicino core (PPGA celeron, 300A-533[might also include the cacheless 266&300]) seems to be around 600mhz. so a pair of 366's@550, would be better than some 533's @ say, 75mhz FSB= 600. i would say 550/100 would give better performance than 600/75

just my opinion though
(dual 400's here, well soon to be dual, waiting for my slockets)
 
Well, taking into account the PCI bus divider and the AGP bus, I think more overall speed would be attained from the 600/75 over the 550/100...

My 233mmx @ 285 (95x3) was a damn sight faster than @ 300 (3x100)...

Actually that 233 was a nice system all those years ago 😉
 
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