Upgrading an ABIT SH6 or go'in AMD...

[Hurricane]

I have this great ABIT SH6 MOBO. So stable with all the overclocking potential one could want in an Intel solution. I really want a gig processor to put in it. There's a slot 1, p3, 500 in it now. So, I'm look'in at the prices for CPU's. I can get a AMD 1.3 for less than HALF of an P3, 1 gig. But, that means the obvious, an new case with pwr sup and mobo. The guy's at Intel know this, and I wonder if it's one of the reasons they price cpu's like this. It is alot simpler just to replace the CPU. But, I don't mind the challenge of setting up from scratch. What I do mind is the cash flo if'n ya catch my drift. So, what about a happy meduium... Would the Celeron 850 (100mhz) work in this MOBO (ABIT SH6) I have an ABIT slotkey, but, the info on the web site says supported up to a Celeron 733. So, since the Celeron is running @ 100fsb, would the mobo see it as a P-3? or? I was also wondering if the 128 kb of cashe is running at full processor speed like it's big brother or what, and what does a good overclock look like for this particular chip. If this is a good possibility, then this upgrade would likely hold me over for a while till the cash flows freely. And then, most likely an AMD solution is in the future as the P3 seems at a dead end with this MOBO and you could almost buy an AMD processor and mobo combo for the price of one Intel cpu. I like Intel based systems, but, I resent the way they price gouge. Thoughts on any soultions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

[HAL9000]

If you're looking at 1Ghz or more, you might want to consider investing in a good quality board and AMD chip. Intel isn't going to reduce their PIII chips by much anymore as they try to sway people towards the P4 (which IMHO, isn't worth it until SDRAM and DDR motherboards). I can currently build a 1.3Ghz P4 for about $50 more than a 1Ghz PIII. Since you are limited to 1Ghz with a current CPU upgrade, you may be better of to spend a couple bucks more to get the AMD and extend your upgrade life. Use the old board and processor and whatever else is lying around and put together a second system.

[Hurricane]

Thanx for replying, Hal. What your saying is good, practical sence. I would like to upgrade this board, though, I don't wanna spend 200 large to do it. Especially when I look at the AMD prices. Kinda frustrating, ya know? This is a real nice mobo. But, it's like getting real dressed up only to sit down infront of "Leave it to Beaver" reruns with a hot TV dinner... not that there's anything wrong with that, though...