Just as your trusty old Pentium-class office PC's, which were top-of-the-line when you bought them, begin to slip into the great void of obsolescence, Evergreen's Spectra processor... more
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Advantages: Good price, life time warranty, new technology for old pc's Disadvantages: Might work as a bottle neck, if your pc lacks RAM
...The evergreen Spectra 333 is a direct replacment for you old Pentium CPU, it replaces Pentium 75Mhz and up and offers a big boost in performance.
The upgrade uses an AMDK6 II as the CPU and comes on an adapter board that alters the voltage to make it compatable with your system, the heatsink and fan are also provided as are BIOS updates. It also uses 3D Now technology to provide extra support for graphics in games and general applications.
If you can not afford another another computer or can not afford to upgrade the motherboard and processor, then the Spectra 333 is an affordable compromise for your system. The price may seem high at first until you take into account that a new motherboard and memory are not required. The price is around the £120 mark, but cheaper ones are available. Easily a good choice if your old computer can...
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Advantages: cheaper than a CPU, memory & motherboard Disadvantages: A small % of PC are not compatable
...The evergreen Spectra 333 is a direct replacment for you old Pentium CPU, it replaces Pentium 75Mhz and up and offers a big boost in performance, which means you can run newer apps. The upgrade uses an AMDK6 II as the CPU and comes on an adapter board that alters the voltage to make it compatable with your system, the heatsink and fan are also provided as are BIOS updates. If you like your old system or you can not afford another, the spectra is an affordable work around. the price may seem high at first until you take into account that a new motherboard and memory are not required. for just under £100 the spectra is an excellent way to squeeze another year or so out of your old machine. The upgrade has a life time warranty and technical support is via a freephone number....
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Service & Support Details: Limited warranty - replacement - lifetime - carry-in
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Just as your trusty old Pentium-class office PC's, which were top-of-the-line when you bought them, begin to slip into the great void of obsolescence, Evergreen's Spectra processor upgrade arrives to rejuvenate them. The Spectra is an affordable upgrade for computers with Socket 5 and Socket 7 motherboards, and is ideal for improving the performance of office PC's -- a great alternative to investing in whole new units. For most 75MHz and faster Pentium-class computers, it raises the processor clock speed, enough to handle the advanced data processing and multimedia software that your business uses today. This version of the Spectra uses the processor core with 3DNow! instructions, which enhance many popular software titles such as Quake II and Unreal. The MMX instruction set is also supported, for existing MMX-enhanced software. 3DNow! technology, developed by AMD, streamlines the way a processor handles common 3D graphics and multimedia operations, increasing the performance of those types of programs noticeably. Software titles must be optimized to take advantage of 3DNow!, and an established base of many 3D games, graphics editors, and multimedia programs already exists which is 3DNow!-optimized. The Spectra incorporates a voltage regulator and clock multiplier to compensate for the limitations of your older motherboard. Evergreen also includes a BIOS update disk with the Spectra, since you may be required to upgrade your motherboard's BIOS to enable support for the Spectra. You have the option of restoring your original BIOS in the event that the Spectra is incompatible with your PC.
Advantages: Good price, life time warranty, new technology for old pc's Disadvantages: Might work as a bottle neck, if your pc lacks RAM
...The evergreen Spectra 333 is a direct replacment for you old Pentium CPU, it replaces Pentium 75Mhz and up and offers a big boost in performance.
The upgrade uses an AMDK6 II as the CPU and comes on an adapter board that alters the voltage to make it compatable with your system, the heatsink and fan are also provided as are BIOS updates. It also uses 3D Now technology to provide extra support for graphics in games and general applications.
If you can not afford another another computer or can not afford to upgrade the motherboard and processor, then the Spectra 333 is an affordable compromise for your system. The price may seem high at first until you take into account that a new motherboard and memory are not required. The price is around the £120 mark, but cheaper ones are available. Easily a good choice if your old computer can...
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Advantages: cheaper than a CPU, memory & motherboard Disadvantages: A small % of PC are not compatable
...The evergreen Spectra 333 is a direct replacment for you old Pentium CPU, it replaces Pentium 75Mhz and up and offers a big boost in performance, which means you can run newer apps. The upgrade uses an AMDK6 II as the CPU and comes on an adapter board that alters the voltage to make it compatable with your system, the heatsink and fan are also provided as are BIOS updates. If you like your old system or you can not afford another, the spectra is an affordable work around. the price may seem high at first until you take into account that a new motherboard and memory are not required. for just under £100 the spectra is an excellent way to squeeze another year or so out of your old machine. The upgrade has a life time warranty and technical support is via a freephone number....
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Advantages: Price, very cheap! Disadvantages: None
...At some point last year, well more than a year ago, I decided that I needed to boost the speed of my computer a bit. I didn’t want to spend too much; I only really wanted to upgrade my processor. I had a look at what was on the market and I was quite restricted as the motherboard I had was quite old. It was a choice between an Intel chip, I am not sure what this was, and an AMD chip.
In the end what made up my mind was the price of the AMDK6-2 500 it was only £40. What a bargain, this could keep my computer going for another year or two, hopefully! I then had a few problems getting the chip as they didn’t make it any more, which means by now you can’t get it I should think.
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It is not recommended that everyone change their CPU in their computer as they are sensitive pieces of equipment, but I...
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This is a excellent processor i have built many machines with this. Totaled with 4GB Of Ram and your system runs a dream on Windows Vista Well worth the money and performance!
Easy installation heatsink is easy to fit on the processor 4 pin power... more
This processor is good compromise for a person who wants a high end processor but doesn't want to pay the high price. Combined with a good system this little guy will run most games very well, however if you don't have a sound card and are using your... more
Computers now are more demanding and need more speed/power to keep up with performance games and software. Dual core work as two CPU cores which increases performance, it is the equivalent of getting two processors in one. In a dual core processor each... more
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