A Quality Alternative To A Pentium
Written: Dec 22 '00
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Pros: great durability quality and price
Cons: none
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| rneuma1's Full Review: K6-2, 500 MHz (MPN-AMD-K-2/500BOX) Processor |
I have always been a big fan of Amd, and I have been using a k6-2 500 MHZ for a couple of months now. I have no complaints about this processor. In fact I like these processors better then the pentium even if they are cheaper. If they were the same price would still pick the K6-2 over the P2. It is a much more stable build then anything that is borught out by pentium. I usually find that pentiums over heat way to often and internally shut down once in a while. I have never had a problem with any of my AMD processors. They are not as noisy as the pentium chipset either. I think that a high powered pentium chip can be heard from across the room but the AMD can be on while you are sleeping and it does not disturb ones slumber.
They are really cheap alternatives and have beat the pentium class in many respects. They were the first to reach the 1000 MHZ bench mark. They are cheaper then a comparable speed pentium processor. In the past other companies had tried this feet of toppiling the processing giant with competitors such as Cyrix, but in my opinion they were never up to par. These are above par. I would feel much safer over clocking one of these bad boys over a Pentium any day. That is how much faith I have in these.
When installing this chipset it is obvious the care that is put inot each chip. The pins are perfect solid and well built connectors. I found the Pentium of the past to usually consist of a cheap copper type of metal. These seem to be less pliable and more sturdy. When installing a hard drive or a cd-rom you do not have to worry about touching the chip as much as you would with a pentium. When the AMd is slid in it is there to stay. You would have to do a good physical number to frazz or fry these things. You would basically have to have short circuit in your computer, because I do not think that they will melt just by excessive use. I have heard of Pentium chips doing this but never an AMD.
The fact that this is a second tiered company. Every computer reads these chips as well as a Pentium. I have never had more of a confliction problem with these chips. Confliction and tweaking is always a problem when installing new software and hardware, but I do not think this is because of the AMD chipset. I had the same problems when my computer was Pentium based. I think this a universal problem that will not go away no matter who makes what brand of hardware. I really am a strong advocate of the AMD chipset. I thinkl they are more affordable then the pentiums, they also consistently seem to have a higher quality look and feel to them. They are also as quick if not quicker then pentiums, why would someone choose another name? The Pentium is a more expensive brand name that is not even as good or reliable.
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