amd sempron?

26th August 2004, 21:29

I'm an AMD nut, and I know quite a bit about my AMD AthlonXP 2500+ but when did Semprons come on the scene and are they any good? I'm about to build a pc for a mate and noticed these, so should I go for Athlon or Sempron?

jmke · 26th August 2004, 22:11

Athlon > Sempron

Sempron is the new Duron

26th August 2004, 22:20

so its exactly the same, same pins, and compatible with the same boards?

jmke · 26th August 2004, 22:28

"normally" it shouldn't be a problem, maybe need to flash your board for proper CPU detection.
MSI XA52P SATA Internal Combo

the Sempron comes in 2 flavours, more info here: 31 Windows Tips

26th August 2004, 22:42

think i'll just go for a athlon xp-mobile 2500+, more L2 cache

RichBa5tard · 26th August 2004, 23:25

Aren't those mobiles priced at +- 100 euro's? Wouldn't it be better to spend an extra 40 euro and go with a A64 instead?

26th August 2004, 23:52

and an extra 100€ for mobo

RichBa5tard · 26th August 2004, 23:56

What are you talking about? You can pick up a fully featured Biostar NF3 250GB powered A64 motherboard for 80 euro, or a Asrock A64 for 70, or an Abit KT800 Pro for 95, or...

27th August 2004, 00:36

not quite ready for 64bit. Anyway I thought with PCI Express coming out I may well just wait as I would need new Gfx card, RAM, CPU and mobo for it and 2 huge overhauls in 1 year is just too much

27th August 2004, 11:34

Quote:

Originally posted by RichBa5tard
What are you talking about? You can pick up a fully featured Biostar NF3 250GB powered A64 motherboard for 80 euro, or a Asrock A64 for 70, or an Abit KT800 Pro for 95, or...

hmmm, still waiting for cheap 939 proc and the new "super" nforce mobo's nvidia claims

edit: btw, will there be an agp to pci-E converter, otherwise allot of peeps will be ****ed

26th August 2004, 21:29	#1
Makaveli7 Posts: n/a	amd sempron? I'm an AMD nut, and I know quite a bit about my AMD AthlonXP 2500+ but when did Semprons come on the scene and are they any good? I'm about to build a pc for a mate and noticed these, so should I go for Athlon or Sempron?

26th August 2004, 22:11	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Athlon > Sempron Sempron is the new Duron __________________

26th August 2004, 22:28	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	"normally" it shouldn't be a problem, maybe need to flash your board for proper CPU detection. MSI XA52P SATA Internal Combo the Sempron comes in 2 flavours, more info here: 31 Windows Tips __________________

26th August 2004, 23:25	#6
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	Aren't those mobiles priced at +- 100 euro's? Wouldn't it be better to spend an extra 40 euro and go with a A64 instead? __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

26th August 2004, 23:56	#8
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	What are you talking about? You can pick up a fully featured Biostar NF3 250GB powered A64 motherboard for 80 euro, or a Asrock A64 for 70, or an Abit KT800 Pro for 95, or... __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

26th August 2004, 22:20	#3
Makaveli7 Posts: n/a	so its exactly the same, same pins, and compatible with the same boards?

26th August 2004, 22:42	#5
Makaveli7 Posts: n/a	think i'll just go for a athlon xp-mobile 2500+, more L2 cache

26th August 2004, 23:52	#7
Tarantula Posts: n/a	and an extra 100€ for mobo

27th August 2004, 00:36	#9
Makaveli7 Posts: n/a	not quite ready for 64bit. Anyway I thought with PCI Express coming out I may well just wait as I would need new Gfx card, RAM, CPU and mobo for it and 2 huge overhauls in 1 year is just too much

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