On Wednesday 15 November 2000 16:18, you wrote:

> > paulham wrote:
> > get socket a type chip
> > The thunderbird is much faster and newer technology
> > The duron are quiet good too
> > Although the duron chips only go to about 700 750 Mhz
>
> Except you can overclock them to 1 GHz or so with a small
> voltage increase and decent cooling.
>
> Ed
DECENT COOLING is the watchword.  AMD chips will not shut down automatically 
under thermal overload and will literally fry.  Some MBs have health watchers 
that will prevent this.

Duron 800s are easily available.  For performance comparisons, visit 
http://www.cpuscorecard.com.

Civileme

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