Upgrading to a celeron - Any REAL Gains?

[Ryan]

I currently own a PII-266 with 64mb ram. If I were to upgrade to a higher clocked celeron and an extra 64mb ram would there be much of a performance gain? Also, what is the fasted celeron that I would be able to upgrade to?

 

[jeremy806]

Yes. There would be a difference, depending on how much you up grade. For example, a Celeron 400 runs circles around a Pentium 200.

As for memory, I like 128 more than 64, but I run w2k.

You need to tell everyone what motherboard you own, the motherboard (and BIOS) determines what the fastest Celeron is that your system can handle, so what is the mb and chipset?

You may want to consider buying a new motherboard. Some people on this board boast about fast and cheap Duron systems. That could be worth looking into.

Good luck.

Post all details on your system, and what you use the system for.

jeremy806

 

[jeremy806]

Also, post the amount of money you are willing to spend. That determines a lot about your options. A new mb+cpu+ram could run from 300-1000.

jeremy806

 

[Ryan]

My mb is an Intel PD440FX which supports Pentium® II processors at 233, 266, 300, or 333 MHz. I don't know about my bios. I have 64mb ram in my Computer now, and I run Win2K. I am willing to spend under $200 for the celeron processor/adapter.

 

[shawn_16]

You could do a nice mobo/cpu upgrade with that kind of money
check FS/Trade

 

[Buddha Bart]

yeah don't try and upgrade on that board anymore, its milking a dead cow.

bart

 

[Mule]

it's more like trying to milk a bull. MOOO!

 

[Goi]

Hmmn...200bucks could maybe get you an Asus K7V or Abit KT7 or MSI K7TPro2 and a Duron 600. Don't know about the HSF though...but it could be more than $200.
If you can only spend $200 MAX, you could get a cheap BX mobo and a C566 + HSF and overclock it to 850. However the former config would run circles around it for maybe $50 more.

 

[FordLorider]

Don't forget about the Duron. That is more cost effective and would kick ars when/if you decide to upgrade to DDR.

 

[Sunner]

Another vote for the Duron system.
Like Goi said, just throw in a little more and you'll have alot more.

 

[Rigoletto]

Far too many questions to ask of the original poster.
I think the best bargain in computers is a PCchips integrated board with video, sound, lan, modem, with the K6-2. It would be 66% faster than your PII and insanely cheap. You don't sound very demanding and you won't lose much money on this gear when you come to sell it if you want a DDR solution in a year's time.

 

[Rigoletto]

x2

 

[novice]

The only problem with a Duron upgrade would be the question of whether or not his ram and power supply would be sufficient. He could do what I just did to upgrade a P233 MMX on TX mobo, order an MSI-6309 mobo and celeron 600, Under $185 delivered from mwave.com. He could use his existing ram, and probably would be okay with case, too, assuming it is an ATX. The other thing he should do is pick up an additional 64 MB of ram. The MSI-6309 should support up to a Celeron 700 and also flip chip PIII's up to 866, I believe.
Chuck