Re: [TP770ED] CPU upgrade recommendations?

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From: Bert Haskins (bhaskins_at_triton.net)
Date: Thu Jul 04 2002 - 10:59:15 EDT

Wrong, they ended the auction early.
I'm looking for a MMC-1 PII "EP" ( internal cache) and
they have been running over $50.
-- Bert

John Bridges wrote:

> On Thu, 4 Jul 2002 09:34:20 +1000, Mark Lee wrote:
>
> >It is definitely not better. You will not see an improvement... but
> >rather a big step backward... The Celeron has a smaller and much slower
> >cache. You only see a significant improvement when going upward at
> >least 120 MHz, or with a larger, faster cache memory.
>
> Larger Cache is not always faster.
>
> If I remember correctly, the 266mhz PII has a 512k cache outside the CPU
> (running slower), while the 366mhz PII has a 256k cache inside the CPU
> (running at a much faster speed).
>
> It is suprising how much the price has dropped, this one didn't even sell a
> week ago, no bids. Someone could have had it for $5.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2035643444

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