I think all the K6-2 nowdays are quiet "rare" so I would keep all the one I have.I don't know about the 533 version but back then I remember the 550 version was not that "common" in the shops. Probably already difficult to run at the stock freq/voltage.

Keep both... Unless you don't have space 🤣

97MHz is a strange bus speed 😀

peklop wrote:

97MHz is a strange bus speed 😀

They run just fine at 100MHz x 5.5.

peklop wrote:

97MHz is a strange bus speed 😀

Another marketing burp, IMHO. 533.(3) / 5.5 = 96.(96). Most owners use them as 95 x 5.5 = 522.5 MHz because motherboards with the 95 MHz bus are less rare. Or 100 x 5, 100 x 5.5.

kixs wrote:

Keep both... Unless you don't have space 🤣

This 🤣

The 550 is the fastest K6-2 ever made, so that kinda makes this chip special.

Thanks fellas. I got to test both, and they both run 550 no problem. The 550 will post @ 600Mhz with 2.4v, but the 533 will not. But @ 600 it's not stable. I didn't feel like trying 2.5v. 😵

I'll hang onto them. 😀

I would definitely keep both particularly if you going to use one in a machine you will use often you might need a spare. Also, 2 CPUs of one type is not really so much. Interested to see what you plan on doing with them.

Unless you need the money or space, there is 0 reason to get rid of working retro tech.

Ampera wrote:

Unless you need the money or space, there is 0 reason to get rid of working retro tech.

I was thinking it would make good trade bait. I'm less interested in the Win9x era and more interested in DOS era.

clueless1 wrote:

Ampera wrote:

Unless you need the money or space, there is 0 reason to get rid of working retro tech.

I was thinking it would make good trade bait. I'm less interested in the Win9x era and more interested in DOS era.

These are still nice to have, mostly because of their potential to run at virtually any CPU multiplier you set while being very compatible also due to their voltage having wider motherboard support then the K6 mobiles, along with having lower power consumption compared to the standard K6-3.

Of course their performance isn't as good as K6-3 or any of the mobiles, but personally I think these have their own niche 😀

Well. As some said, you can keep both, CPUs are not hard to store although i have a massive amount of CPUs here (+250?), also AMD K6 CPUs are good forl DOS gaming from many eras, since they are multi unlocked, you can oc/uc as well as disabling caches for very old games