When is the best time to upgrade my Sempron 2800 chip (to faster Sempron?)

I have a 6 or 9 month old PC based on socket 754 and Semprom 2800 with
a good overclocking motherboard.

When would be the best time to upgrade the chip to a faster one? I.e.
in a year is it likely I could buy a Sempron 4500 for 40 quid? Or will
they stop production on it?

Currently my PC is fast enough but I will probably keep it long after
754 has been discontinued.

It is clocked to 2150 ghz FSB = 270 - do the faster chips o/c as well
as this 2800?

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:34:37 -0800, 405 TD Estate wrote:

I have a 6 or 9 month old PC based on socket 754 and Semprom 2800 with
a good overclocking motherboard.

When would be the best time to upgrade the chip to a faster one? I.e.
in a year is it likely I could buy a Sempron 4500 for 40 quid? Or will
they stop production on it?

Currently my PC is fast enough but I will probably keep it long after
754 has been discontinued.

It is clocked to 2150 ghz FSB = 270 - do the faster chips o/c as well
as this 2800?

best time to upgrade is when you find the CPU you want at the right price.
Best CPU would be a venice core (E6) Athlon 64. They will overclock good
while the earlier ones won't. Newegg has this cpu ADA3000AIK4BX for $56
shipped right now and would probably be the best choice. With a 10x
multiplier you can get it about as high as you want and twice the cache of
the Sempron. Or the Sempron 3400+ with a 10x multiplier would also be a
decent choice. it's going for about $45 now. I don't think more time will
make any noticable difference in price unless it goes up.

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405 TD Estate wrote:
I have a 6 or 9 month old PC based on socket 754 and Semprom 2800 with
a good overclocking motherboard.

When would be the best time to upgrade the chip to a faster one? I.e.
in a year is it likely I could buy a Sempron 4500 for 40 quid? Or will
they stop production on it?

Socket 754 is already End Of Life.


Currently my PC is fast enough but I will probably keep it long after
754 has been discontinued.

It is clocked to 2150 ghz FSB = 270 - do the faster chips o/c as well
as this 2800?

Your processor is already OCed higher than the stock speed of any Sempron
made, a 34% increase from stock.

A new CPU would not increase your odds of a higher OC.

Depending on your hardware you might be able to push it a little further.

Socket 754 will likely not see any faster cpus. It will be replaced by AM2.

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