The AMD K6-2 now comes in speeds from 500-550 MHz. This chip is aimed at the budget market for mainstream applications. With its cheap price tag and the older socket 7 style allowing for cheaper motherboards, this chip still sells a lot. Systems can be made for under £300 and this is very appealing to a lot of people. The statistics of the chip are not amazing there is nothing special about it. The lack of level 2 cache is a severe hinder if you are planning to do anything stressful. Getting old now but this chip can still be bought and is widely available in the UK. A second system or simply for  work station you might find this is exactly what you are looking for.    

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The K6-2 normally operates at a bus speed of 100Mhz, it can be changed to 66Mhz in some cases. Voltage likewise is normally set at 2.4v (in most cases) but it does work at 2.2V and 2.3V. The 2.2V version have been known to work at 2.1V and 2.3V.

Overclocking

Overclocking the K6-2 can be tricky, its certainly no where near the best chip to try it on. Since the fastest AMD can get this chip is 550Mhz then you are unlikely to get much more than that out of the chip. Increasing the bus speed might give you a few extra Mhz, but its certainly not worth the risk involved. The performance gain will be negligible. If you really want to though, the multiplier and the FSB are pretty flexible so try to your hearts content. I would certainly recommend going up in small steps though because you will find it start giving you errors fairly quickly. If you have a 350Mhz or a 400Mhz you will probably get the most increase out of them. The 550 Mhz certainly isn't the best for overclocking so I would be careful with that one.

Slightly upping the voltage by 0.1 volts can give extra stability, while this is common overclocking practice it is still best to keep an eye on the temperature when you do this, also equip the CPU with a decent fan.

Perfect for a business machine because of the price and the price of the components needed to use the chip. Socket 7 boards are the most popular for integrated sound and video LAN and modems. All in all makes a for a very useful cheap machine. Lack of level 2 cache and raw power leaves far a drift from the gamers market and home entertainment market.

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