Atari ST - Motorola 68000HC CPU (Atari STE/Mega STE)

Vi rekommenderar starkt att uppgradera er Mega STE eller STE till en 68000HC CPU. Den använder mycket mindre ström, blir inte varm vilket gör datorn mycket mer stabil. I princip ett måste om man använder sin STE till musik och kör mycket med hårddisk.

"The 68HC000 offers speeds of 8–20 MHz. Except for using CMOS circuitry, it behaved identically to the HMOS MC68000, but the change to CMOS greatly reduced its power consumption. The original HMOS MC68000 consumed around 1.35 watts at an ambient temperature of 25 °C, regardless of clock speed, while the MC68HC000 consumed only 0.13 watts at 8 MHz and 0.38 watts at 20 MHz. (Unlike CMOS circuits, HMOS still draws power when idle, so power consumption varies little with clock rate.)"