The Celeron 300a overclocking tends to vary with the stepping number and
manufacturing date (earlier the better in general). Some versions have
different l2 cache speeds (ie slower) which means less chance of
overclockibility. I have dealt with 4 celerons ... 2 which were the
stepping shown on Toms hardware guide. Those seem to be the best: both
easily overclocked to 450, and both can run at 500 as well, with little
voltage change (dont expect 500 mind u, its not that common). The other two
which were later manufacturing dates were not quit so good. Number 3 can
hit 450 and stay with 2.2 voltage and a good fan (double fan). The fourth
which i bought for someone else who didnt care anyway ran at 300, or 374,
but would only go higher for brief periods and was not stable at those
speeds.
I would suggest reading toms guide on celeronAs and looking for the same
memory codes first, manufacturing dates second. As for how the celeronA
runs... Its very good, especially for the price. Its hard to tell any
difference in the Celeron 450 vs the PII. I sure dont notice all that much
running Linux or 98-3dgames.
Thats my tuppence.
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Wenzhi Lai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: James Yeung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 12:01 AM
Subject: Re: A Good Chip for Linux?
>
>ok,
>
>try www.mwave.com
>
>I just order Abit BH6 motherboard and C300a from there.
>no problem to 450mhz, but no 500mhz :(
>
>
>
>On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, James Yeung wrote:
>
>> Hey,
>>
>> I'm building myself a new computer and I'm considering the Celeron(A)
>> 300 Mhz...I plan on overclocking it to 450 Mhz (hopefully), and running
>> Linux on it...does anyone use Linux and the Celeron? Any luck,
>> especially if overclocked it also?
>>
>> Any info is appreciated,
>>
>> James Yeung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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