Two Duron value chipsets, SiS' 730S and VIA's KM133, made their debuts last month, although both have yet to become widely available, particularly in smaller local stores where the buyer of a system of this type is more likely to look. And so once again, pending the wider availability of such boards, we're recommending Intel's Celeron at 600 MHz. For only a few dollars more, that could be upgraded to a 633 or 667 MHz part, but frankly, the minimal performance increase isn't worth even a few dollars, particularly when 600 MHz is more than enough to browse the web or run Word. Intel Celeron 566, 633. While we're still confident in the WS133 from Iwill, we've had to change our recommendation due to the lack of availability of that particular board and its slightly higher cost versus most other 810E boards.
AOpen products are quite solid and reliable.
You've got to love the way RAM prices have been falling lately. No matter how you slice it, that's an incredible deal, considering where RAM prices were just a few months ago. As a result, even our budget system gets a full 128 MB of memory, which should help improve performance tangibly. As usual, CAS2 memory is the faster option, although we wouldn't recommend paying more than a couple of bucks extra for CAS2 parts.