Intel Pentium II 233 MHz processor board

Advantages: fast, new
Disadvantages: expensive

...I upgraded from an Intel Pentium II 450 mhz to the new Intel Pentium III 700 mhz mainly because of the upgrade offer at a low cost. I found that immediately there was a noticeable difference and just the way in which my computer carried out every day tasks like opening programs and the likes seemed to fly through as if my old chip was carrying 4 suitcases with it on it's chores! I find no problems at all with it and I would seriously recommend it to anyone after a high speed processor with lightning speed and good capabilities.... Read review

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Advantages: They are very powewrful processors
Disadvantages: Too expensive

...I'm not if AMD have done this but Intel definitely have. When they introduced the PIII 450 MHz for the first time, they did not mention to the public that it was only 10% faster than it's little brother the Pentium II 450MHz processor. When the gigahertz processor was introduced, it was tested by a popular computer magazine. I found the results to be surprising. In some areas of performance the Gigahertz processor was SLOWER than the 850 MHz processor. When ever a new processor is introduced it is always overpriced. This overpricing is not little it is ridicously high. A month or two after the release the prices drop massively. Then soon after a new processor is introduced, faster and more powerful. When this show will end who knows. These very powerful processors don't even operate to maximum performance because of the operating... Read review

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Advantages: Temperature sensors, free software
Disadvantages: None

...I have a chaintech motherboard in my P3 system and it hs lots of good points to it: - Supports Intel Pentium II and Pentium III processors up to 733MHz Celeron 466MHz System clock 66/100/133MHz Slot 1 with convenient retention mechanism High efficiency switching power module There are temperature sensors on the board to keep you updated all the time about temps and fan speeds. It will take up to 768 MB of ram at speeds of 66/100/133MHz ram depending on the processors bus speed. It comes with a cd full of drivers and some free software like antivirus which is very helpfull.... Read review

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