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I build white-box PCs for various companies, and have some good advice
for you.
1. Don't pay any premium for a PIII.
2. Get a minimum of 64Mb RAM. 128Mb is better
3. Get a fast, large hard drive.
4. Don't buy at CompUSA.
I would advice you go to Dell or Gateway, although I don't use them
myself. (As I said, I build PCs.)
If money is important, go with a Celeron. I'm using a C300a that I
overclock to 450MHz. You won't want to do that unless you know what
you're doing. But you can save plenty by buying a 400MHz Celeron
instead of a PII.
The Celeron has 128kb of internal cache that runs at full processor
speed. The PII has 512kb of cache, but it runs at 1/2 processor
speed. This turns out to be a wash. Also, the Celeron runs on a
66MHz bus, while the PII runs on a 100MHz bus. This is of little
importance.
Much more important is to get 64-128Mb RAM, and a fast, large (say
17Mb) hard drive.
You won't regret it.
On Tue, 15 Jun 1999 08:35:37 -0500, Essan Soobratty
<trader@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am about to upgrade my current PC which is an NEC PII 233mhz. I am
>not an expert when t comes to hardware and therefore seek views as to an
>appropriate upgrade.
>
>Its main use would be for running metastock pro, excel, word, netscape
>etc and it would be part of a LAN network. I don't think I would be
>using it for any heavy duty graphics.
>
>Browsing the shelves of Comp-USA it looks like my choices are between an
>Intel Celeron, PII or PIII. Can anyone give some suggestions and in
>particular describe the differences between the 3 processors? Whatever
>the choice, I would have a minimum of 64meg or RAM and would prefer to
>use win95.
>
>Also as a bechmark, which Celeron chip would be the equivalent to my
>current PII 233mhz?
>
>Email direct if you prefer. Thanks in advance.
>
>Essan Soobratty.
>
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