Following Qian's post I changed my newly assembled Celeron 500 system from 5x100, CPU multiplier x bus speed, to 7.5x66. Benchmark remains virtually the same. This maybe as good as I can get, but it still is a surprise that my Celeron 500 has a benchmark of 88, while benchmarked Pent II 450 has a score of 204.8. Demetri Kolokotronis ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. The NOSPIN Group provides a monthly newsletter with great tips, information and ideas: NOSPIN-L, The NOSPIN Magazine Visit our web site to signup: http://nospin.com