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Hey people
im new here so don't have a go at me for posting this!
I'm into computers but people keep saying my system is shit nowadays...
its an AMD 400mHz with 224mb ram, 6gb hdd, etc

what are your opinions on it?

I can't really afford to upgrade that often

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Hi !
Well I have an AMD K6-II-550 @ 115/574 mhz on an Asus p5a
it have about the same performance as a PII 450.
Works good enough for me.
Depending which MB you have you could OC yours to
450-550 Mhz. :D

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ah right...and how do I SAFELY overclock then?
I have a Giga-Byte GA5AX i think

thanks for your help

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Well there allways risks to take
but go here http://www.overclockers.com/
check their cpu database
cooling is the thing the cooler the better

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this site doesnt really explain much
i know NOTHING about overclocking
i need step by step instructions or something!

thanks
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Howard

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sorry that was actually me that posted that...it didnt log me in when i tried to post

8)

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The most important thing to keep in mind is does it do what I need it to.  If it does what you need it to then you don't need to upgrade.  If you Chevete gets you to work and back home every single day you do not need a Dodge Viper.  Yhea it would be nice and you'ld get more chicks but you DON'T NEED IT.  Your the only person that can really judge when you need an upgrade.

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Hey Hovard !
I never recommend overclocking for several reasons :

1. Your CPU can die right away
2. It can die slowly, but with the same result ;)

3. You can NOT achieve serious advantage by overclocking (~15-20%), so you wouldn't feel a difference ;)

4. If I'm not mistaking, AMD makes probs after that.
5. If you want to use SW for that, it has to be m/b specific
6. If you'll do it the HW way (jumpers), and your m/b is smart enough, it wouldn't work, or would work the same way
7. Finally not all CPU's support overclocking. If it was "downclocked" on a factory, cause of quality lack, no way it would work better then default


Cheers
Chef

P.S. You have a great configuration, man. If you wan't to upgrade sth, have a reason for it, just like Savage mentioned.
For games try to get better VGA card, for heavy graphics editor, get more RAM & so on ...

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hey guys
thanks for your advice
your right i dont really need much of an upgrade yet, it runs unreal tournament fine!  ;D
I might consider a hard drive soon though, 6 gb aint really enough.
Next thing though is cooling, it gets quite warm in there, and ive seen computers with things in the 5.25" drive bay expansion slots that look like fans. is that what they are, and where can i get one of those that goes into a spare drive bay, and does it cool the cd roms and hard drives down?
I live in the UK, so a UK retailer would be good. I might also get a Card Fan that goes into the PCI expansion slots, where can i get one of those, too?

THanks for your help

p.s   i have a Creative 3D Blaster Banshee Graphics card, by the way.

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Yeah, for cooling, best place I suggest is www.frozencpu.com

What you have should be fine for a few years. Until recently, I was running a 66Mhz with a modded win98 registry. I had to mod it cuz 98 wont run with all functions on 66Mhz(min speed) and I didn't want to stay with 95.