DEC Alpha 21264 833 MHz processor

Advantages: Cheap, Good power:cost ratio
Disadvantages: Not HighEnd

...When you're evaluating this product please don't forget that it's probably only costing you £15/£20 pounds and it IS a budget processor. There is speed to be had in this processor but it's NOT 333 Mhz of speed. It's a cleverly multiplied low-end processor which has a very high effective speed. The best situation for this chip is where you could normally only fit a P166 Mhz chip. Older machines. Once excellent place for this chip is in network servers. Laugh all you will but .... You can pick-up a rack-mountable Compaq Proliant server which support 4 processors (P166) for about £250. Buy four of these and fit them and you've got an awesome little server for under £350. Add extra memory and a good HD system and you've got a VERY capabale multi-function server capable of sevicing over 1000 users on a LAN. I know this as I... Read review

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Advantages: A worthy cheaper rival to Pentium 4
Disadvantages: The AMD heatsink and fan is not good enough, and hard to attach to the motherboard

...The AMD XP3200+ is currently AMDs only processor capable of running on 400Mhz FSB motherboards without the need for overclocking, the processor is a socket A and you will need a compatible motherboard . Processors running on higher FSB (front side bus) speeds tend to get a better response when processing information, this is a big plus to consider when looking to upgrade to a AMD XP3200+ processor for your computer system. On most of todays socket A motherboards you will see that the processor frequency can be set at three different levels 133 for running 266mhz processors, 166 for running 333mhz processors and 200 for 400mhz processors, this is a must have piece of information that you will need to know especially when looking to purchase a processor, this is usually contained in your motherboards manual or at their official... Read review

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Advantages: For simpler processes
Disadvantages: Much to slow for modern day software

...Nowadays for the latest software and games much faster processors are required. So this is completely shadowed by any budget processor in modern times. Even though it is often at very, very low prices you must not be tricked! Some people still are persuaded into buying low grade cpus through rather "dodgy" product specifications. Trying to run any game on this other than "minesweeper" will be a total waste of time. Even though some games you may see have a minimum specification that will allow for a slow processor such as this but still the game will run at such a protracted pace that playing the game will most likely become a chore rather than an enjoyable experience. Dont bother, some calculators are twice the speed of these.... Read review

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