HlpDsK schrijft dat er bij Dan's Data een overklok artikel te vinden is van een Asus A7V versie 1.01 (dwz geen on-board sound, wél multiplier switches) met een unlocked AMD Duron 650 processor en een Alpha PAL6035MUC cooler. Middels het aanpassen van de multiplier strandde de Duron op 800MHz, alles daarboven werd helaas niet stabiel bevonden. Dan was achteraf toch goed tevreden, voor zo'n 300 pieken heb je een proc die een Athlon Classic 750 bij kan houden.
It seems, from other users' reports, that 800MHz is a thoroughly realistic reliable overclock result from any unlocked-multiplier Duron. 850MHz isn't out of the question, and 900MHz might even be possible. But let's say you buy a 600MHz Duron, and only get it to 800. This'll give you 750MHz Athlon grunt for your $AUD215.
A real 750MHz Athlon CPU costs more than twice as much as a 600MHz Duron. It'll pretty much level-peg with an 800MHz P-III, which you may or may not actually be able to buy retail at the moment, and which'll probably cost you $AUD700 or more if you manage to find one. Rarity keeps the price up.
[...] If you're upgrading an old Pentium II machine, but don't want to rip your whole computer apart to install a new motherboard, you should check out Celerons rather than Durons. With a "slotket" adaptor board, most P-II boards will work fine with Celerons up to the 533 model, the fastest based on the old P-II core.
[...] But if you're buying a new motherboard anyway, a goosed-up Duron is a clearly superior option. And the A7V may be the first of the multiplier-adjust motherboards to hit the market, but it's got all the features most users are likely to need. If you must have an ISA slot or two then you're out of luck, but that's about it for A7V shortcomings, really.
Well, what are you waiting for? Go and get yourself some serious CPU power on the cheap!
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