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Athlon XP 2500 vs. Sempron 3000 Socket 462
Could anyone tell me if a Sempron 3000 is a worthwhile upgrade over an
Athlon XP 2500? My mother board is socket 462 and will only handle a 333 FSB. There is bios support for up to a sempron 3000 or an Athlon XP 3000. Which would be my best buy off eBay if I wanted to upgrade? Also does anyone know anywhere in the UK with socket 462 processors in stock as new ( I mean semprons here) Thanks guys Chris |
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Athlon XP 2500 vs. Sempron 3000 Socket 462
Sempron is basically a cheap version of an Athlon XP processor, so if they
sell one they should sell the other. The Athlon XP would be the better cpu to buy. "Chris Lewis" wrote in message ... Could anyone tell me if a Sempron 3000 is a worthwhile upgrade over an Athlon XP 2500? My mother board is socket 462 and will only handle a 333 FSB. There is bios support for up to a sempron 3000 or an Athlon XP 3000. Which would be my best buy off eBay if I wanted to upgrade? Also does anyone know anywhere in the UK with socket 462 processors in stock as new ( I mean semprons here) Thanks guys Chris |
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Athlon XP 2500 vs. Sempron 3000 Socket 462
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:31:18 +0000, Chris Lewis wrote:
Could anyone tell me if a Sempron 3000 is a worthwhile upgrade over an Athlon XP 2500? My mother board is socket 462 and will only handle a 333 FSB. There is bios support for up to a sempron 3000 or an Athlon XP 3000. Which would be my best buy off eBay if I wanted to upgrade? Also does anyone know anywhere in the UK with socket 462 processors in stock as new ( I mean semprons here) You're just not going to get an upgrade of any measure unless your MB can do a 200MHz FSB. Have you tried raising your FSB? What MB do you have? -- Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder? http://mythtv.org http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Usenet alt.video.ptv.mythtv My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php HD Tivo S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm |
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Athlon XP 2500 vs. Sempron 3000 Socket 462
Chris Lewis wrote:
Could anyone tell me if a Sempron 3000 is a worthwhile upgrade over an Athlon XP 2500? My mother board is socket 462 and will only handle a 333 FSB. There is bios support for up to a sempron 3000 or an Athlon XP 3000. Which would be my best buy off eBay if I wanted to upgrade? Also does anyone know anywhere in the UK with socket 462 processors in stock as new ( I mean semprons here) Thanks guys Chris The AMD rating system is a "Performance Rating" or P.R. system. Athlon P.R. rating compares to Pentium 4 clock speed. Sempron P.R. rating compares to Intel Celeron clock speed. Thus, the 3000 rating of a Sempron is not directly comparable to the 2500 rating of the Athlon. The devices typically differ in the amount of cache on the processor. Overclocking your current processor, will do you as much good, as buying another one. Paul |
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Athlon XP 2500 vs. Sempron 3000 Socket 462
"Wes Newell" wrote in message news:bJrAh.1616$E71.1036@trnddc04... On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:31:18 +0000, Chris Lewis wrote: Could anyone tell me if a Sempron 3000 is a worthwhile upgrade over an Athlon XP 2500? My mother board is socket 462 and will only handle a 333 FSB. There is bios support for up to a sempron 3000 or an Athlon XP 3000. Which would be my best buy off eBay if I wanted to upgrade? Also does anyone know anywhere in the UK with socket 462 processors in stock as new ( I mean semprons here) You're just not going to get an upgrade of any measure unless your MB can do a 200MHz FSB. Have you tried raising your FSB? What MB do you have? -- Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder? http://mythtv.org http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Usenet alt.video.ptv.mythtv My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php HD Tivo S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm Unfortunately I have a Asus A7V8X MX SE. Its FSB capabilities top out at 333 . I was kind of hoping some of the new 333 FSB semprons would be a decent improvement but it appears not. I use this machine to encode video and it is SLOW. I was kind of hoping to just speed that up a bit. Oh well I'm gonna up the ram (from 512 to 1gig) and start saving for a new rig I think. |
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