Reply 20 of 26, by shamino
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I never knew the P2-450MHz was uncommon. I have one of those but it came from an IBM workstation machine, so I guess that just reinforces the point. I haven't actually ever seen a P3-450 but I ended up with a bunch of 500MHz versions. Out of those, 2 out of 10 had the 300MHz cache chips in them (suitable for 600MHz core).
I'd love to overclock a 300A someday, just because I've never done it. I never had a Voodoo either, because they were too expensive. So if the parts were handy, that's what I'd build but that's only because of my own personal angle.
I scorned the Celeron name back then, quite foolishly, and opted for a K6-3 system instead. Budget was a factor, but I really can't remember how much more, if any, it would have cost me to build a Celeron if I had taken that idea seriously. I was also uninformed/fearful of overclocking.
In retrospect, a good 440BX board with a 300A would have been awesome, and very upgradable later on with slockets as well.
I do wonder how honestly stable many of those 300A@450MHz builds actually were. Gamers didn't have the highest standards in the era of Windows 98. Instability was easily blamed on software, and I don't think objective stress testing was as common.