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I was in the same "boat" as you a while ago; I finally baught an Abit BH6 with a Celeron 300a. I overclocked it to 450 from day one and it is super stable. And a lot less expensive that a PII-400. I also read that the Celeron 300a is the best for overclocking; better than the Celeron 400. If I was you, I would not go for the P-II's. The performance/price ratio is not has good..

The Celeron 400 is NOT very overclockable.....check out the newsgroups and see what I mean..the best bet for overclocking is the 300a if you can find one -- Scott Eslick ICQ#3889251 Scott's Sim Site - http://host2.fptoday.com/scott I want to get a new system but am unsure what I should get.Some people tell me to get a PII 400 and some a Celeron 400.I want to play Grand Prix Legends,The new Monaco F1 simulator,Nascar 1999 and Nascar 3 when it comes out.I have a P133 with a voodoo 1 card.I have no hard drive space left and don't want to buy another one because it's not worth upgrading a 133.I only know how to do basic things when it comes to upgrading like ram and expansion cards.I here the Celerons are a great and inexpensive way to get fast performance if you overclock them.Does anyone know what you can overclock a Celeron 400 to and give me a brief descripton on how to do it?Any help would be appreciated.

go to this site and order it today! celeron 300 o/c to 450 for hundreds less than a pII add a 3dfx card banshee nice to have 128 meg pc100 ram new case,cpu,mobo,ram,video JM

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> I want to get a new system but am unsure what I should get.Some people tell me > to get a PII 400 and some a Celeron 400.I want to play Grand Prix Legends,The > new Monaco F1 simulator,Nascar 1999 and Nascar 3 when it comes out.I have a > P133 with a voodoo 1 card.I have no hard drive space left and don't want to buy > another one because it's not worth upgrading a 133.I only know how to do basic > things when it comes to upgrading like ram and expansion cards.I here the > Celerons are a great and inexpensive way to get fast performance if you > overclock them.Does anyone know what you can overclock a Celeron 400 to and > give me a brief descripton on how to do it?Any help would be appreciated.

I want to get a new system but am unsure what I should get.Some people tell me to get a PII 400 and some a Celeron 400.I want to play Grand Prix Legends,The new Monaco F1 simulator,Nascar 1999 and Nascar 3 when it comes out.I have a P133 with a voodoo 1 card.I have no hard drive space left and don't want to buy another one because it's not worth upgrading a 133.I only know how to do basic things when it comes to upgrading like ram and expansion cards.I here the Celerons are a great and inexpensive way to get fast performance if you overclock them.Does anyone know what you can overclock a Celeron 400 to and give me a brief descripton on how to do it?Any help would be appreciated.

I don't think that you can get a meaningful brief description about overclocking. Suffice it to say that many people have successfully overclocked their Celeron 300A to 450 or more. (I'm one of them, and it works great). I suggest you check out the following newsgroup for details. That's where I picked up all I needed to know.: alt.comp.hardware.overclocking If you end up buying an ABIT motherboard to overclock, as many overclockers do, here's another newsgroup: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit Hope this helps...

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> I want to get a new system but am unsure what I should get.Some people tell me > to get a PII 400 and some a Celeron 400.I want to play Grand Prix Legends,The > new Monaco F1 simulator,Nascar 1999 and Nascar 3 when it comes out.I have a > P133 with a voodoo 1 card.I have no hard drive space left and don't want to buy > another one because it's not worth upgrading a 133.I only know how to do basic > things when it comes to upgrading like ram and expansion cards.I here the > Celerons are a great and inexpensive way to get fast performance if you > overclock them.Does anyone know what you can overclock a Celeron 400 to and > give me a brief descripton on how to do it?Any help would be appreciated.

What site, John? I'm still waiting on a 300A from BuyComp.

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>go to this site and order it today! >celeron 300 o/c to 450 for hundreds less than a pII >add a 3dfx card banshee >nice to have 128 meg pc100 ram >new case,cpu,mobo,ram,video >JM >> I want to get a new system but am unsure what I should get.Some people

tell me >> to get a PII 400 and some a Celeron 400.I want to play Grand Prix Legends,The >> new Monaco F1 simulator,Nascar 1999 and Nascar 3 when it comes out.I have a >> P133 with a voodoo 1 card.I have no hard drive space left and don't want to buy >> another one because it's not worth upgrading a 133.I only know how to do basic >> things when it comes to upgrading like ram and expansion cards.I here the >> Celerons are a great and inexpensive way to get fast performance if you >> overclock them.Does anyone know what you can overclock a Celeron 400 to and >> give me a brief descripton on how to do it?Any help would be appreciated.

I think the best deal out there currently is the Celeron 300A. It can be overclocked to 450 with minimal risk. I don't think the 400 can be overclocked. It's a pretty easy upgrade to do if your CD, floppy, etc are up to speed. Then you just need a new motherboard, the cpu, and new memory for the mobo. It usually works out to around $500-$700 vs $1500 for a new everything. -/- Walk Walker me