AMD Duron, 1.3 GHz (D1300BOX) Boxed Processor

Pros: Same 200MHz core as the Athlon, is excellent for gaming and is extremely affordable.
Cons: None really.

AMD has developed a processor to directly compete with Intel's Celeron processor. Although Intel has been the big dog on the block for the last decade, the 21st Century will probably see more and more competition for the processor giant. In reality,...

Pros: Extremely inexpensive, easy to overclock, much better than the Celeron.
Cons: Runs pretty hot when overclocked

If you are one of those people who wants a powerful processor at a cheap price, the AMD Duron is for you.

Why AMD?
When many people hear that there is a company that sells processors other than Intel, they figure it must be...

Pros: Great performance, great price!
Cons: Excessive heat

I'm a tightwad...OK, I admit it...are you happy now? In all seriousness, I'm the type of guy that is always looking for the best product at the lowest cost. With the Duron, I believe I have found the processor of my dreams. There are numerous websites...

Pros: Excellent Price vs Performance Ratio
Cons: Not as fast as the AMD Thunderbirds, Slight heatsink issues

I read a lot of information on this product before purchasing it. I also worked at a computer manufacturer where we made systems of all kinds - from PIII 450s to Athlon 900s (and we were just getting into T-birds and Durons when I left). I have a pretty...

Pros: Very inexpensive, excellent performance, wide range of compatible motherboards
Cons: High power dissipation vs. other low-end CPUs

Only a few short years ago, AMD was only a very small player in the processor world. With it's top-end K6-III CPUs, AMD could barely compete with Intel's budget offerings in the Celeron line. It's K6-2 processor put the bar even lower performance-wise,...

Pros: Low Price and Blazing Performance
Cons: OEM chips fragile

Although the Duron is aimed at the value segment, it provides performance that matches Athlon Classic levels. With this chip, AMD is hoping to replace the old K6 line and recapture low-end market share from Intel.

First, the specs:

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Pros: Price and performance
Cons: Targeted to "low end" users

My first impression of AMD releasing the Duron was to compete with the low end Intel Celeron. After seeing all the reviews and benchmarks of the Duron beating the Celeron by a wide margin, and very closely closing the price/performance gap of it's big...

Pros: Excellent price and performance
Cons: Not as powerful as the TBird

I purchased this AMD Duron 700mhz about two months ago for ~$110 shipped. Now I believe you can pick one up for ~$70. (In fact for that price I believe one vendor was offering Duron 600's tested at 1Ghz!) At the time the AMD Thunderbird at the same speed...

Pros: Fast, Full speed cache, Uses new socket for easy upgrade
Cons: I don't think they will clock it as high as the Thunderbird

The AMD Duron was aimed at the celeron, aimed to take away some of the chips market share. Although the chip has not been out long I think it will do some serious damage to Intels Celeron. Like the Celeron is built on the PIII's architecture, the Duron...

Pros: fast, cheap, MATH, upgradable, super-overclockable!!!
Cons: Intel lovers make fun of me ;) and then I beat their benchmark scores hehehe

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I just upgraded from an AMD k6-2 300 to this monster chip... It is the best buy I have ever done. I bought it because of the option to upgrade later to a new Thunderbird chip by AMD, as the Athlon-on-card are NOT...

Pros: 200mhz FSB
Cons: 3dNow! technology

The original Celeron was a disaster. But ever since the introduction of the Mendocino Celeron, Intel has taken over and remained dominant in the budget PC market. The Celeron gave consumers Pentium II performance at a fraction of the cost of a true...

Pros: It's fast. It's cheap. And it's not artificially hampered like the Celeron.
Cons: Availability in OEM systems.

For years, Intel has dominated the server market. And the workstation market. And the high-end market. And the low-end market. Then AMD introduced the K7 core, more commonly known by its marketing name, Athlon.

When the Athlon was first...

Pros: Quick, economical, outperforms even the fastest Intel Pentium 3s.
Cons: Hot, sucks too much juice and requires special hardware.

When I was shopping a computer, I knew that building it myself could save me a lot of money and trouble from the retailer and vendor, except that warranty and support can be cut short due to the many parts that are OEMs. I was going to get a value...

Pros: Price, Speed, this chip has everything going for it
Cons: SocketA instead of SlotA, hurts when upgrading to Athlon

Why can't the boys at Intel take a lesson or two from AMD??? While AMD is making leaps and bounds with it's Duron line (ie. it's low end line), Intel is finding new ways to slow down it's Celeron processor in order to keep it from competing with it's...

Pros: Very good price performance.
Cons: Still not a fulfledged Athlon

If you're looking for a inexpensive, yet powerful performance CPU then I think you should seriously consider a Duron. Previously the price/performance king was the Intel Celeron line of CPUs but that's changed with the release of the Duron. Here are...