This is where you can run into trouble: When you purchase a new motherboard or a new bare computer and then use the old drives, video, and so on, you may find that the new system isn't as peppy as you thought it would be. If you're really serious about increasing the speed of one or more of your systems, take a really good look at your video and hard disk requirements.

Windows NT uses the hard disk extensively, so the faster the better. When it comes to video, the quicker you can get something on the screen, the quicker NT can go about its other business. The point is, don't depend on processor speed alone--moving from 166 MHz to 233 MHz won't necessarily be very impressive unless you address the hard disk and video speeds too.