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To: Jadrew who wrote (46857)	1/21/1999 9:46:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572689

Jadrew, Officially there isn't a 450 Celeron. The 450 Celeron Elmer is refering to is a 300A overclocked to 450 by increasing the bus speed from 66 to 100 given the multiplier is locked at 4.5. The reason the Abit BH6 is the overclocker board of choice is due to it's easily adjusted soft menu (on screen jumper setting) and the ability to change voltages in .1v increments on the fly in case you need to bump the voltage up a little to make the O'clocked chip run stable. A lot of other BX boards have "auto detect voltage" which would automatically set the Celeron at 2.0v. You don't want that if your an O'Clocker. About 90% of 300as will run at 450 but recently they have become short in supply. Also, it's reported that the OEM versions are less likely to make 450 than they used to be and the Retail version is the better choice. Retail version comes with fan and heatsink attached. Note that a good fan is a must for any o'clocker since the unit will generate more heat, especially if you have to bump the voltage up to get stability. Guys like Paul think overclocking is a fools game because you are running the chip out of spec and void the warranty. You also cheat Intel out of it's fat margins because you paid $70 for a chip that performs better than the Pentium II-450 that Intel sells for about $450. Even Elmer sheds Crocodile tears on that one. The problem I see now is that the good 300as are in short supply. It's undetermined just when Intel will discontinue the 300a in Slot 1. If you go to anandtech.com you find nothing BUT overclockers. There are even companies that will sell you guaranteed overclockable chips. Jim