The celerons are underclocked to begin with. The core is the same as that of the PIIs running at 100 FSB.. The only issue should be the cache. I run dual 300As at 450 with no issues. The CPUs don't even really heat up that much.
From what i've seen, the biggest issue when doing SMP OC'ed celerons is the MB and the slockets.
Intel CPUs are tanks.. I've worked at a computer store for over two years.. Since the day I've started we've had a total of 3 intel CPUs ever fail (including DOA).. I've seen some techs/customers do some pretty evil things and the CPU just gets up and runs again.. In one case a computer was caught in a lightning storm, and the line surged. Took everything out but the CPU.
Besides, even if you did manage to break a celeron, they're cheap as hell. My MB cost more than both CPUs and the adapters.
I think everyone should at least look into Dual Celerons for their next upgrade. Highest bang-for-your-buck ratio i've ever seen.
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What are you talking about, this is great. This is allowing me to build a cheap dual-celeron 450 and get better than Pentium-3 performance. (under $500 w/SCSI3 on board for MB+CPUs)
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The celerons are underclocked to begin with. The core is the same as that of the PIIs running at 100 FSB.. The only issue should be the cache. I run dual 300As at 450 with no issues. The CPUs don't even really heat up that much.
From what i've seen, the biggest issue when doing SMP OC'ed celerons is the MB and the slockets.
Intel CPUs are tanks.. I've worked at a computer store for over two years.. Since the day I've started we've had a total of 3 intel CPUs ever fail (including DOA).. I've seen some techs/customers do some pretty evil things and the CPU just gets up and runs again.. In one case a computer was caught in a lightning storm, and the line surged. Took everything out but the CPU.
Besides, even if you did manage to break a celeron, they're cheap as hell. My MB cost more than both CPUs and the adapters.
I think everyone should at least look into Dual Celerons for their next upgrade. Highest bang-for-your-buck ratio i've ever seen.
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What are you talking about, this is great. This is allowing me to build a cheap dual-celeron 450 and get better than Pentium-3 performance. (under $500 w/SCSI3 on board for MB+CPUs)
SMP is great.