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Athlon or Semperon?
if you look around you can find 2600 for £55 ebuyer or dabs. Plus ebuyer and
scan still have some old xp's left, check it out www.scan.co.uk www.ebuyer.com www.dabs.com hope that was helpful. "Cori" wrote in message ... REQUIREMENT I am in the UK and I want to get a "value-for-money" socket A processor for an old motherboard (Via 266 chipset with SDRAM). PURPOSE I don't want to get the processor for overclocking purposes although maybe I will use it for underclocking at 100 MHz rather than 133 MHz to prevent the old system getting too stressed out! The PSU is good but I will be working at the upper end of its capacbility so it should be ok but there is always a chance it might not be. PREVIOUS OPTIONS Last summer I had been looking at a Thoroughbred-B but then the Sempron came out in the 3rd quarter last year. VALUE-FOR-MONEY Back then the new Sempron 2600+ was roughly the equivalent power of the older Athlon 2200+ but that Sempron actually cost about 25% more than that Athlon. (£64 rather than £50.) OTHER POSSIBILITIES Maybe I should get a slower T'Bred-B or a late Duron just to keep the cpu from drawing too much power in case I have a shortfall. QUESTIONS In general, have the Semprons at that power level maintained this price differential or have Semprons come down in terms of bangs for buck? Maybe the Athlons have gone up on account of their rarity value. Which would be the best value? Sempron or Athlon? |
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On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:16:26 +0000, Cori wrote:
REQUIREMENT I am in the UK and I want to get a "value-for-money" socket A processor for an old motherboard (Via 266 chipset with SDRAM). PURPOSE I don't want to get the processor for overclocking purposes although maybe I will use it for underclocking at 100 MHz rather than 133 MHz to prevent the old system getting too stressed out! The PSU is good but I will be working at the upper end of its capacbility so it should be ok but there is always a chance it might not be. It's good you want to underclock since you will have to if you get a Sempron since it's default FSB is 166Mhz and your board is 133Mhz. PREVIOUS OPTIONS Last summer I had been looking at a Thoroughbred-B but then the Sempron came out in the 3rd quarter last year. The Sempron IS a Tbred B core.:-) Just with a new name, etc. VALUE-FOR-MONEY Back then the new Sempron 2600+ was roughly the equivalent power of the older Athlon 2200+ but that Sempron actually cost about 25% more than that Athlon. (£64 rather than £50.) A sempron 2600+ in your board with it's 11 multiplier will be the same as an XP 1700+. OTHER POSSIBILITIES Maybe I should get a slower T'Bred-B or a late Duron just to keep the cpu from drawing too much power in case I have a shortfall. Maybe you should get a cpu that has a default 133Mhz FSB (a /266 model). QUESTIONS In general, have the Semprons at that power level maintained this price differential or have Semprons come down in terms of bangs for buck? Maybe the Athlons have gone up on account of their rarity value. They've gone up because AMD wanted to raise the price of their socket A cpu's. So they changed the name to Sempron and then compared them to Clerons to give them a higher PR number. They've discontinued most XP production. Which would be the best value? Sempron or Athlon? See Sempron below. Then do the math for yourself. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php Verizon server http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm |
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"Cori" wrote in message ... REQUIREMENT I am in the UK and I want to get a "value-for-money" socket A processor for an old motherboard (Via 266 chipset with SDRAM). Semprons are made for "value for money". PURPOSE I don't want to get the processor for overclocking purposes although maybe I will use it for underclocking at 100 MHz rather than 133 MHz to prevent the old system getting too stressed out! The PSU is good but I will be working at the upper end of its capacbility so it should be ok but there is always a chance it might not be. Sempron for you. But do check the front side bus (fsb). As I believe Semprons have locked multipliers so underclocking the fsb will probably underclock you processor more than you want it to. PREVIOUS OPTIONS Last summer I had been looking at a Thoroughbred-B but then the Sempron came out in the 3rd quarter last year. VALUE-FOR-MONEY Back then the new Sempron 2600+ was roughly the equivalent power of the older Athlon 2200+ but that Sempron actually cost about 25% more than that Athlon. (£64 rather than £50.) OTHER POSSIBILITIES Maybe I should get a slower T'Bred-B or a late Duron just to keep the cpu from drawing too much power in case I have a shortfall. QUESTIONS In general, have the Semprons at that power level maintained this price differential or have Semprons come down in terms of bangs for buck? Maybe the Athlons have gone up on account of their rarity value. Which would be the best value? Sempron or Athlon? Considering money alone, it could be the Sempron or the Athlons because Athlons are widely sold for second-hand at this moment in time as the 64-bit processors are the future. Do look at Semprons too because they are in fact Athlons TBreds in disguise and are cheap. |
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the multipliers are locked
2600 is 11x (11x166=1.8ghz) therefore @ 133 you should get 1.4ghz, not too bad if you ask me "TripleEight" wrote in message ... "Cori" wrote in message ... REQUIREMENT I am in the UK and I want to get a "value-for-money" socket A processor for an old motherboard (Via 266 chipset with SDRAM). Semprons are made for "value for money". PURPOSE I don't want to get the processor for overclocking purposes although maybe I will use it for underclocking at 100 MHz rather than 133 MHz to prevent the old system getting too stressed out! The PSU is good but I will be working at the upper end of its capacbility so it should be ok but there is always a chance it might not be. Sempron for you. But do check the front side bus (fsb). As I believe Semprons have locked multipliers so underclocking the fsb will probably underclock you processor more than you want it to. PREVIOUS OPTIONS Last summer I had been looking at a Thoroughbred-B but then the Sempron came out in the 3rd quarter last year. VALUE-FOR-MONEY Back then the new Sempron 2600+ was roughly the equivalent power of the older Athlon 2200+ but that Sempron actually cost about 25% more than that Athlon. (£64 rather than £50.) OTHER POSSIBILITIES Maybe I should get a slower T'Bred-B or a late Duron just to keep the cpu from drawing too much power in case I have a shortfall. QUESTIONS In general, have the Semprons at that power level maintained this price differential or have Semprons come down in terms of bangs for buck? Maybe the Athlons have gone up on account of their rarity value. Which would be the best value? Sempron or Athlon? Considering money alone, it could be the Sempron or the Athlons because Athlons are widely sold for second-hand at this moment in time as the 64-bit processors are the future. Do look at Semprons too because they are in fact Athlons TBreds in disguise and are cheap. |
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On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:48:44 +0000, TripleEight wrote:
"Cori" wrote in message ... REQUIREMENT I am in the UK and I want to get a "value-for-money" socket A processor for an old motherboard (Via 266 chipset with SDRAM). Semprons are made for "value for money". Semprons weren't made. they are nothing but Athlon XP's with a higher FSB and a higher price. The name was created to make AMD money, not to save you money.:-) Which would be the best value? Sempron or Athlon? Considering money alone, it could be the Sempron or the Athlons because Athlons are widely sold for second-hand at this moment in time as the 64-bit processors are the future. Do look at Semprons too because they are in fact Athlons TBreds in disguise and are cheap. Speed for speed, they are higher than equivilent Athlon XP's here in the US. Sounds like you guys in the UK are getting gouged. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php Verizon server http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm |
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Cori wrote:
REQUIREMENT I am in the UK and I want to get a "value-for-money" socket A processor for an old motherboard (Via 266 chipset with SDRAM). PURPOSE I don't want to get the processor for overclocking purposes although maybe I will use it for underclocking at 100 MHz rather than 133 MHz to prevent the old system getting too stressed out! The PSU is good but I will be working at the upper end of its capacbility so it should be ok but there is always a chance it might not be. PREVIOUS OPTIONS Last summer I had been looking at a Thoroughbred-B but then the Sempron came out in the 3rd quarter last year. VALUE-FOR-MONEY Back then the new Sempron 2600+ was roughly the equivalent power of the older Athlon 2200+ but that Sempron actually cost about 25% more than that Athlon. (£64 rather than £50.) OTHER POSSIBILITIES Maybe I should get a slower T'Bred-B or a late Duron just to keep the cpu from drawing too much power in case I have a shortfall. QUESTIONS In general, have the Semprons at that power level maintained this price differential or have Semprons come down in terms of bangs for buck? Maybe the Athlons have gone up on account of their rarity value. Which would be the best value? Sempron or Athlon? Best take a look at some reviews online. http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews...lld19JRD04Mjc= http://www.trustedreviews.com/articl...e=1689&head=48 http://www.compshopper.co.uk/shopper...pron-2800.html |
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"Wes Newell" wrote in message newsan.2005.02.25.23.38.27.333594@TAKEOUTverizon .net... On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:48:44 +0000, TripleEight wrote: Speed for speed, they are higher than equivilent Athlon XP's here in the US. Sounds like you guys in the UK are getting gouged. Over here an Athlon XP 2200+ costs little more than a Sempron of the same nominal speed (Sempron 2200+). But Athlons are sold as second-hand are cheaper if not the same as the new Semprons. It really depends who you are buying from. Athlon XP's are actually rare nowadays and are not available in most major outlets. Athlon XPs rated at nnnn+ are generally 400MHz faster than a Sempron nnnn+ so I would definately buy the first if prices were close. |
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TripleEight wrote:
"Wes Newell" wrote in message newsan.2005.02.25.23.38.27.333594@TAKEOUTverizon .net... On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:48:44 +0000, TripleEight wrote: Speed for speed, they are higher than equivilent Athlon XP's here in the US. Sounds like you guys in the UK are getting gouged. Over here an Athlon XP 2200+ costs little more than a Sempron of the same nominal speed (Sempron 2200+). But Athlons are sold as second-hand are cheaper if not the same as the new Semprons. It really depends who you are buying from. Athlon XP's are actually rare nowadays and are not available in most major outlets. Athlon XPs rated at nnnn+ are generally 400MHz faster than a Sempron nnnn+ so I would definately buy the first if prices were close. The funny thing is, the pr numbers on the sempron don't match the xp's ie, an xp 2000+ = sempron 2400+. So in reality, that sempron 2200+ is more like an xp 1800+ but with a higher fsb. Drop 400 off the pr numbers on a sempron to get the speed equivalent in xp's. |
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Chachi wrote:
TripleEight wrote: "Wes Newell" wrote in message newsan.2005.02.25.23.38.27.333594@TAKEOUTverizon .net... On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:48:44 +0000, TripleEight wrote: Speed for speed, they are higher than equivilent Athlon XP's here in the US. Sounds like you guys in the UK are getting gouged. Over here an Athlon XP 2200+ costs little more than a Sempron of the same nominal speed (Sempron 2200+). But Athlons are sold as second-hand are cheaper if not the same as the new Semprons. It really depends who you are buying from. Athlon XP's are actually rare nowadays and are not available in most major outlets. Athlon XPs rated at nnnn+ are generally 400MHz faster than a Sempron nnnn+ so I would definately buy the first if prices were close. The funny thing is, the pr numbers on the sempron don't match the xp's ie, an xp 2000+ = sempron 2400+. So in reality, that sempron 2200+ is more like an xp 1800+ but with a higher fsb. Drop 400 off the pr numbers on a sempron to get the speed equivalent in xp's. However the OP has a 266 board so you should drop 600 or more off of the sempron (333fsb) vs a tbred (266fsb). Besides, eBay sells lots of used unlocked tbredB's. Slight risk involved but unlocked xp1800+ are averaging around $55 US shipped. |
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