Advantages: Fast, Quality and Easy install Disadvantages: Price, Compatibility
...for the price it may seam expensive but good searching could lead to you finding one for just over £100, and with AMD on your side you'll beat Intel hands down. I hope you find this review helpfully and for any other help on the Phemon just message me. ...
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Advantages: Overclocks amazingly well, very durable, runs really cool. Disadvantages: 512MB Cache per core instead of 1GB, Wish OCed on less voltage
I purchased the Black Edition of the processor. The little thing is amazing. Its a very cool and low power processor. I was able to overclock it from 2.6 to 3.275 with almost no heat gain. It didn't come with a normal stock cooler so I had to buy one.
http://www.ciao.co.uk/ArcticCoolingFreezer64ProProcessorcoole r 6478463
^That is the one I purchased. This processor requires almost 1.5V for an overclock of 3.275. Any voltage above isn't ... ...mine were bent and it still works just fine, though it has to be pressed in some.
The only con I really notice about this amazing little processor is that it only has 512MB per core, instead of a wanted 1GB per core. I recommend this to people on a budget who want to get the most out of their system. ...
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Advantages: Price,ease of instalation Disadvantages: the cache, the speed
AMD have had some bad press over the years and this 4200 processor does not help them. With only a poor 1 mb cache it gets tasks dont but you wont find it doing them in record time. I also find amd products are overclockable but confusing to do. But on the value for money side you cant really go wrong because the price is a lot lower than an intel but unfortunately this is because the intel processor is that bit better. I would also say not to buy ...
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