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It definitely performs as well as a pII450, only a few percentage points slower
on business apps, a bit faster in most games. You
must know that intel has stopped producing the celeron 300a so the supply is
drying up really fast, you need to get on it asap. Read
up on it at anandtech.  For price and sourcing go to pricewatch.com. Read up at
the overclockers forum. You should search ebay
as well, I have no experience with this auction stuff, beware. As for the video
card definitely go with the hercules thriller 8meg,
agp is recommended over the agp.  FYI either abit mobo, bx6 or bh6, allows you
to o/c by changing the setup in software during
the boot up, super easy. As for the case check this site out. It would be
really nice to add a 128meg chip of pc100 ram too.
Just a reminder, case $86, mobo $97, celery $ 61, subtotal $244, video $111,
ram $156 total  just over $500, this system will run so
fast, GPL with everything on, all cars, all graphics gets you high 20's fps on
the grid and 36+ ( gpl's max) before you get 2nd gear,
it really is nice, highly recommended.
JM

Jack wrote:

> Man! I had no idea this setup was so inexpensive! And GPL performance is
> comparable to a PII-450 when overclocked?
>
> John, can you please give us a few good sources for these goodies and sites
> that we can visit for more information?
>
> At these prices, I might have to build a GPL machine for my wife!



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It definitely performs as well as a pII450, only a few percentage points
slower on business apps, a bit faster in most games. You
<BR>must know that intel has stopped producing the celeron 300a so the
supply is drying up really fast, you need to get on it asap. Read
<BR>up on it at <A HREF="http://206.132.42.114/html/review_display.cfm?document=887">anandtech</A>.&nbsp;
For price and sourcing go to<A HREF="http://www.pricewatch.com/"> pricewatch.com</A>.
Read up at the <A HREF="http://forums.delphi.com/m/main.asp?sigdir=overclocker">overclockers
forum</A>. You should search ebay
<BR>as well, I have no experience with this auction stuff, beware. As for
the video card definitely go with the hercules thriller 8meg,
<BR>agp is recommended over the agp.&nbsp; FYI either <A HREF="http://usa.abit.com.tw/html/emain.htm">abit
</A>mobo, bx6 or bh6, allows you to o/c by changing the setup in software
during
<BR>the boot up, super easy. As for the case check this site out. It would
be really nice to add a 128meg chip of pc100 ram too.
<BR>Just a reminder, case $86, mobo $97, celery $ 61, subtotal $244, video
$111, ram $156 total&nbsp; just over $500, this system will run so
<BR>fast, GPL with everything on, all cars, all graphics gets you high
20's fps on the grid and 36+ ( gpl's max) before you get 2nd gear,
<BR>it really is nice, highly recommended.
<BR>JM

<P>Jack wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>Man! I had no idea this setup was so inexpensive!
And GPL performance is
<BR>comparable to a PII-450 when overclocked?

<P>John, can you please give us a few good sources for these goodies and
sites
<BR>that we can visit for more information?

<P>At these prices, I might have to build a GPL machine for my wife!</BLOCKQUOTE>
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