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by electrnx

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Has anyone used or servived a Cyrix CPU. I ordered (off the Net) Some CPU's for a job. After install (all went well) I had on ASUS board with fan and CPU alarms, and the fan alarm kept going off. I checked temperature and found temp VERY low for that speed CPU. I later pulled one of them and it said VIA on top. I checked order # against catalog and found I had gotten Cyrix instead of Celeron. They work VERY well, but run VERY cool and use very little power for their speed. On the net Ifound that they are Green CPU's. I don't know what the long term history will be. Any comments?? To date I am pleased with my mistake.

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by thechas

VIA bought CYRIX. So what used to be Cyrix processors are now VIA processors.

The past history of the Cyrix family was clouded with installation problems. They just weren't compatible with a lot of MBs.

Of course, the processors you have area new design, so long term reliability is not known.

VIA has invested a lot in making themselves into a full range solution provider. So, if the systems are working fine, I would expect them to have as long a service life as other systems.

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