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To: Dan Spangenberg who wrote (2380)	9/9/1998 11:37:00 AM
From: Spots	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

>>I bought it with a Celeron 266 OEM CPU. Cost me $82. I have overclocked it to 400 mhz and frankly it SCREAMS! >>Not alot of $$$ at stake. The overclocking has been extremely stable to date. Good post, Dan, thanks for your experience. Just to clarify your comments, you mean since the processor was cheap even if it burns your not out much? (Not as much as the price drop of the 400 by the time it goes<g>.) You didn't say directly but I gather you're not overclocking the bus, just the processor, is that correct? Spots

To: Dan Spangenberg who wrote (2380)	9/9/1998 11:38:00 AM
From: Dave Hanson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

FWIW, I agree with Dan's post 100%. I think he's focusing on exactly the right factors. An added benefit of his Celeron setup over a PII < 333 Mhz is the markedly less heat it generates, even with the celeron OC'd. Also, for a trading machine, reliability is key, and for this I don't think NT can't be beat. Since NT does indeed love RAM, and since after its recent plunge and stabilization (actually price increases in recent weeks) RAM is not dropping while CPU prices are dropping like stones, putting the $ into good SD ram and a good flexible BX motherboard seems the way to go for the value oriented do-it-yourselfer. Thanks for your thoughts, Dan. My own system is following this same idea--I'll post it shortly.