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Subject: Re: Can someone give me advice? I plan to purchase a Duron 650

Author: Peter Skinner

Date: 18:17:01 08/06/00

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On August 06, 2000 at 19:11:20, Tom Kerrigan wrote:

>On August 06, 2000 at 02:21:33, Derrick Wilson wrote:
>
>> Will I see a big jump from a Amd 450? will it be worth it to upgrade? Are duron
>>processors reliable? Do they overheat?
>
>You probably won't be very impressed with the jump from a K6/450 to a Duron/650.
>The K6 is a good chip and you'd probably want a 750+ MHz Athlon or Pentium to
>make the upgrade worthwhile.
>
>A Duron will never break unless it's incorrectly cooled.
>
>-Tom

I agree.. to make the upgrade worth while.. go above 750 Mhz... anyhting under
that, and you are wasting money... Also, go for an actual Athlon, or PIII, the
Duron is a lower quality processor... but I guess you get what you pay for. Me
personally will never by another AMD processor. I have owned 2 and had nothing
but problems. Intel all the way for me...



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