It's only 180$ or so for an athon 500, right? And about 70$ for ninjamicro's keen overclocker. That's under 200$. And most people have been able to clock up to 700 Mhz with no problems. Small minus for the cache slow down. So you've got a CPU that's almost as good as a 600$ CPU for less than 200$. Hell, get two of them, if you want an SMP setup so badly.:)
180 $ for Athlon 500. + 70 $ for NinaMicros overclocker. = Athlon 700 with slightly slower cache. For under 200 bucks, I have a slightly slimmed down Athlon 700. I don't see a PROBLEM with this. Do you? (And yes. Most reports indicate that you can overclock an Athlon 500 up to 700 and have it run just as reliably as a real 700.)
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Try here instead: http://www.ninjamicro.co.uk/ It's 65$. And they'll ship it anywhere in the world with no shipping charges. (Dip switch driven.)
It's only 180$ or so for an athon 500, right? And about 70$ for ninjamicro's keen overclocker. That's under 200$. And most people have been able to clock up to 700 Mhz with no problems. Small minus for the cache slow down. :)
So you've got a CPU that's almost as good as a 600$ CPU for less than 200$. Hell, get two of them, if you want an SMP setup so badly.
180 $ for Athlon 500. + 70 $ for NinaMicros overclocker. = Athlon 700 with slightly slower cache. For under 200 bucks, I have a slightly slimmed down Athlon 700. I don't see a PROBLEM with this. Do you? (And yes. Most reports indicate that you can overclock an Athlon 500 up to 700 and have it run just as reliably as a real 700.)