Top 20 Budget Desktops

Pentium IIs surge onto the chart, with entries from Unicent and Midwest Micro. But PCs with alternative chips challenge, including a $1349 Micro Express midtower based on AMD's K6-233.

More Pentium II systems than ever sit on the budget chart, including two new entries from Unicent and Midwest Micro that made the grade this month. A PII-300 powerhouse, in the form of the Quantex QP6/300 SM-3x, flew from last month's power chart to land in second place on this month's budget list, thanks to a huge $400 price drop. But PCs with new Pentium MMX and alternative chips continue to emerge, including the $1197 Kingdom Pinnacle M200+ V based on the Cyrix 6x86MX-PR200 processor. One new PII-266 desktop fell just shy of recognition: the $2098 Acma EXP Pro 266L, a small- and home-office midtower that suffered from a below-average PC WorldBench score and short support hours.

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