what to buy?! :)

[RisrullarN]

hello.. and merry christmas all..

i dont know what to do next.. my celly 900 wont go past 990(112 fsb).. the next step is 124 and it just FAILS.. well..never mind.. what would you have bought if you were me?

i've got about $250 to spend :)

abit BP6 (1 open cpu socket left!)
1xcelly900@1ghz
256 mosel cl 2 & interleave 4
80 GB Seagate barracuda 7200rpm@ata66
Geforce 256 DDR
Soundblaster Live! 5.1
48x CD
17" monitor, 1280x1024@85hz
350W speakers
nice optical mouse&keyboard and the chair rocks :)

[Yodums]

Originally posted by RisrullarN
hello.. and merry christmas all..

i dont know what to do next.. my celly 900 wont go past 990(112 fsb).. the next step is 124 and it just FAILS.. well..never mind.. what would you have bought if you were me?

i've got about $250 to spend :)

abit BP6 (1 open cpu socket left!)
1xcelly900@1ghz
256 mosel cl 2 & interleave 4
80 GB Seagate barracuda 7200rpm@ata66
Geforce 256 DDR
Soundblaster Live! 5.1
48x CD
17" monitor, 1280x1024@85hz
350W speakers
nice optical mouse&keyboard and the chair rocks :)

Everything looks great although if you were going to go for a bigger upgrade, Abit ST6 which is 85 USD and then the Celeron 1.2 Tualatin which is about 100 USD and then something like a Millennium Glaciator II about 40USD and it should almost equal to 250 USD a good upgrade and you'll be able to overclock to 1.5 gig without the vid pin mod and 1.6 with the vid pin mod.

And if you plan to sell your 900 Celeron and its mobo, you'll probably be able to sell it for 100 USD so its a good upgrade they will last you.

[RisrullarN]

ohh.. allright... if i would have lived in the U.S i wouldnt have hesitated... but im living in swe and prices are baaad over here :<<< but.. well :)

what would increase my performance most? new cpu, more mem or new gfx? maybe a burner would be nice... hmm.. to bad though i almost never use the games/appz/mp3 after ive burned em.. hmmmm
someone? any ideas ?:)
thx alot..
sorry bout my english btw..

[Yodums]

Originally posted by RisrullarN
ohh.. allright... if i would have lived in the U.S i wouldnt have hesitated... but im living in swe and prices are baaad over here :<<< but.. well :)

what would increase my performance most? new cpu, more mem or new gfx? maybe a burner would be nice... hmm.. to bad though i almost never use the games/appz/mp3 after ive burned em.. hmmmm
someone? any ideas ?:)
thx alot..
sorry bout my english btw..

Your english is fine.

It depends what you do with your computer. If it's game then a new graphics card would do. If its running some heavy duty apps then some ram will do, but to think of it everything seem pretty fine so you should save it for now unless something pops up.

[RisrullarN]

yeah.. i think i will.. actually.. i dont have any ' I HAVETO HAVE A *** ' thoughts so far..
but i was thinking about getting one more c900.. will this be a good upgrade? im mostly running games and playing music and a bit of paintshopping etc.. im currently running w2k.
will it be good for the games? or would a new gfx be better? any recommendations on what card then? thx!! :)

[Yodums]

Originally posted by RisrullarN
yeah.. i think i will.. actually.. i dont have any ' I HAVETO HAVE A *** ' thoughts so far..
but i was thinking about getting one more c900.. will this be a good upgrade? im mostly running games and playing music and a bit of paintshopping etc.. im currently running w2k.
will it be good for the games? or would a new gfx be better? any recommendations on what card then? thx!! :)

The hardware which is most critical to a game is a video card.

Heres my advice go with a Radeon 7500 and some ram and you'll be fine.

You will be able to game better with faster FPS. And with more ram you'll be able to do your video graphics better since those thing eat lots of ram.

[funnyperson1]

for gaming a video card is definitely more important...if you use photoshop a lot though, more ram and a dually setup would be nice...

[Yodums]

Although I don't think 250 would be enough for a dual setup. Since the motherboard itself for a dual is 200 dollars.

[RisrullarN]

hmmm.. tsunami? ive got a bp6 mobo and 1xcelly 900.. i have one socket left :) allready have a dual board..

do YOU think it would be worth it?

[LutaWicasa]

Can the Cellies even run duallie??

[Yodums]

Originally posted by RisrullarN
hmmm.. tsunami? ive got a bp6 mobo and 1xcelly 900.. i have one socket left :) allready have a dual board..

do YOU think it would be worth it?

My bad I didn't know it was a dual board, probably explains why you won't overclock that well since it's not an overclocking board really its a dual board. But like in the same boat as LutaWiscasa I have no idea whether the Celeron will support dual processor support but P3 will.

[LutaWicasa]

I know the old PPGA Cellies were SMP capable, but for some reason I don't believe the Cel II's are.
I'm sure someone a bit more knowledgable will drop in and correct me if I am in error.

[Flu!d]

It is pointless getting a duel CPU mobo and a Celeron as no Celeron (including the 1.2 gig tualatin) is SMP capable....Save the money and spend it on a good video card!