Before you cry "MORE CACHE!", read the cpu's intended application.
I plan on building a modrate PC for my uncle. Its main use will be internet, mp3 ipod 'base', and a bit of gaming. The vid card I plan on using will be a 9600 Pro or 9600 N/P (which to use won't be discussed here), so obviously not a killer gaming rig. The board will be an NF7-S, mainly because I prefer it AND it has usb2.0 & firewire for my cousin's ipod.
First off, the main reason for the question is because the Sempron is 166mhz FSB and the multiplier can't be raised. The 1.6ghz duron almost the same price as the 1.5ghz Sempron, but, from what I can see, has an unlocked multiplier and also has a 133mhz FSB. I was planning on getting PC3200 ram for 200FSB (max I'd set it to, regardless), which would only let the Sempron OC to 1.8ghz, whereas the Duron can OC to 2.4ghz with the stock multi (good if it is infact locked). This Madshrimps page shows that when not using the code optomizations that the Duron is nearly the same as the 133FSB T-Bred core.
So doing the math, a 2.2-2.4ghz Duron should outperform a 1.8ghz Sempron in the vast majority of tasks this PC will perform, right? I'd also assume that when the two cpu's are set at their respective speeds where performance was the same, the Duron would put out less heat since it has less cache, wouldn't it?
Your thoughts are welcome, despite the fact that this PC's goals are price and heat over raw power. Also, with the Duron I can claim even greater future upgradablility.
I plan on building a modrate PC for my uncle. Its main use will be internet, mp3 ipod 'base', and a bit of gaming. The vid card I plan on using will be a 9600 Pro or 9600 N/P (which to use won't be discussed here), so obviously not a killer gaming rig. The board will be an NF7-S, mainly because I prefer it AND it has usb2.0 & firewire for my cousin's ipod.
First off, the main reason for the question is because the Sempron is 166mhz FSB and the multiplier can't be raised. The 1.6ghz duron almost the same price as the 1.5ghz Sempron, but, from what I can see, has an unlocked multiplier and also has a 133mhz FSB. I was planning on getting PC3200 ram for 200FSB (max I'd set it to, regardless), which would only let the Sempron OC to 1.8ghz, whereas the Duron can OC to 2.4ghz with the stock multi (good if it is infact locked). This Madshrimps page shows that when not using the code optomizations that the Duron is nearly the same as the 133FSB T-Bred core.
So doing the math, a 2.2-2.4ghz Duron should outperform a 1.8ghz Sempron in the vast majority of tasks this PC will perform, right? I'd also assume that when the two cpu's are set at their respective speeds where performance was the same, the Duron would put out less heat since it has less cache, wouldn't it?
Your thoughts are welcome, despite the fact that this PC's goals are price and heat over raw power. Also, with the Duron I can claim even greater future upgradablility.