A FRIEND gave me an OLD celeron 533mhz with 64mb ram (pc100). the max supported ram is 512, but two sticks of 256 are like $80-$90. the local comp shop has like a 800mhz with i forget how much ram but i think it was 128 or 256 for $100. it seems to me it would be more cost effective to just GET the other computer unless i can buy some faster ram at a cheaper price and run it underclocked or something. i dont have much exp with the older stuff. any opinions?I would look into what type of RAM and how much it would cost for the 8ooG machine before MAKING a DECISION...ok, i'll have to get the exact specs then. Quote from: CompEngineer0 on May 02, 2007, 03:49:52 PM

A friend gave me an old celeron 533mhz with 64mb ram (pc100). the max supported ram is 512, but two sticks of 256 are like $80-$90. the local comp shop has like a 800mhz with i forget how much ram but i think it was 128 or 256 for $100. it seems to me it would be more cost effective to just get the other computer unless i can buy some faster ram at a cheaper price and run it underclocked or something. i dont have much exp with the older stuff. any opinions?