So i put an old AMD K6-2 550 CPU on ebay...

[EyeMWing]

Heh. I had a 550... With an air bubble under the heatspreader that resulted in it cooking 🙁

 

[Petro89]

Good ol' K6-x...they kinda sucked in a lot of ways, but they kicked ass in other ways.

1. The 2x-6x multiplier trick
2. The voltage mod trick using resistors, allowing you to use low-voltage K6-2/3 on boards that would support them BIOS-wise but not voltage-wise
3. K6-plus CPU's kicked ass. I can't count the number of times a friend would be over and nearly sh*t his pants cause I had a K63+ 450@600 that would perform just about as well as his P3-600 in games, and beat him in most benchmarks.
4. K6 desktop CPUs that you could use in laptops (esp. K6-+)


Good times...good times.

Yeah they suck now, and yeah thats way too much for any K6 cpu, but they were definately underrated I think.

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

i just fried my old k7 550mhz by putting the cpu clock to 133 mhz... cry... i am thinking about buying a new working one to put in the computer as everything else in it works fine. it lasted 6 years.

 

[Pciber]

I just sold an old k6/2 550mhz for $7 🙁

 

[DaFinn]

I have Cyrix 586/133Mhz... any takers? Certainly a collector item 😛

 

[Nohr]

I still have a K63+ 450@550 machine running. Only use it for IRC chatting nowadays though.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: Pciber
I just sold an old k6/2 550mhz for $7 🙁

where at?

 

[franksta]

By selling to this guy outside of ebay you are in violation of their terms, if my memory serves me.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: franksta
By selling to this guy outside of ebay you are in violation of their terms, if my memory serves me.

well ebay can eat my taint.

 

[PingSpike]

Up until pretty recently, newegg was selling k6-II 500s for like $12. I snagged one and its purring away in a "IT server" behind me. Its a fun little box, meets some important needs too. Its no k6-III+ which were extremely badass (and expensive) IIRC.

Originally posted by: franksta
By selling to this guy outside of ebay you are in violation of their terms, if my memory serves me.

Whoopity-doo.

I'd say watch out for being ripped off outside of the official ebay system, but ebay doesn't do jacksh|t when you get ripped off within the system so its not like it really matters.

 

[Juice Box]

Originally posted by: franksta
By selling to this guy outside of ebay you are in violation of their terms, if my memory serves me.

no...if the gy places a bid on the iteam...and nick1985 simply ends the auction early...stating him as the winner..its perfectly legal and quite alright....I do this all time (offer high bids on stuff because im impatient)

 

[knyghtbyte]

dont suppose anyone would want my old P3 1Ghz would they?..heh

mind u, i think i still have my old P3 500Mhz somewhere...lol

didnt have a PC before that, altho i think a mate of mine still has his P200MMX...lol

 

[SuperFreaky]

you should have let the auction run $45 w/ shipping

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: SuperFreaky
you should have let the auction run $45 w/ shipping

$10 shipping? :roll:


i dont rip off customers.

 

[SVT Cobra]

i still have one in my closet...

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

I wonder how much my Pentium 90 MHz that overclocked well to 100 MHz w/ no stability problems will get. I see you can buy P2s for like $5.99 though

 

[zimmazam]

Still running my old K-6 400 rig as a network storage and print server....does the trick!

 

[imported_Kensai]

Hahahaha! :laugh:

 

[StevenYoo]

i got a K6-2 350.

still runs great!

 

[Mrvile]

Wow someone revived this thread...

 

[shortylickens]

For 40 bucks you can get a Duron 1800 MHz.

Weirdo.

 

[Shawn]

haha nice