Sempron64 vs Athlon64 - Help Needed

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etexjc

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I just sold off my old KT333 system and purchased a Gigabyte K8 Triton socket 754 mATX board ($35) and was wondering what would be a good setup. I usually surf the web and ocasionally edit video and music files.

I currently have left over:
Radeon 9000 Pro A-I-W 64MB
Iomega DVD+/- RAM SL drive
512MB PC2700
80GB IDE 8MB 7200rpm

What add-ons would be best for a limited budget for around $150-$175 for atleast a CPU and any other suggestions that would be good to have for my new setup. I see about a $37 difference between 2800+ semp and a 2800+ Athlon cpu on pricewatch.
 
I got no complaints with the Sempron 3400+ does for me, surfing and gaming, can't comment on the Athlon tho.
 
Get a higher-end Sempron. They'll perform comparably, but the Sempy should be cheaper. Also, most Semprons are 90nm now, which means it's likely to overclock much higher if your motherboard will let it.
 
IMHO, semprons are desirable only if you're going to OC. If you're not going to OC, that 2800+ A64 would be better for the extra $37. Of course, you can probably get one used in the forums for $80 or so. The sempron is 200mhz slower and has less cache. Higher end semprons that have faster clockspeeds are a different story.
 
kirbyrj said:
IMHO, semprons are desirable only if you're going to OC. If you're not going to OC, that 2800+ A64 would be better for the extra $37. Of course, you can probably get one used in the forums for $80 or so. The sempron is 200mhz slower and has less cache. Higher end semprons that have faster clockspeeds are a different story.
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The 3100+ 64-Bit is probably the best Sempron.
 
Go with the 2800+ Athlon64 in this case. Its just a bit stronger and can last longer.

I'm sorta in the same position...but! I found a Sempron 64 2800+ with 256k L2 cache (not sure with heatsink tho, gonna check later today) @ my local Frys in Palo Alto for 42 USD...is that worth it over say, a 2800/3000+ s754 or 3000/3200+ s939 Athlon64.

But in my position, I do play games, CS-S, DoD-S and WoW being my primary games, but my concern is multi-tasking, cause I tend to have trillian/mozilla on at one point or another and i'm thinking the 256k cache might be an issue...any suggestions?
 
For $42, you can see if it works for you and then sell it and buy the other one if it doesn't work :).
 
wow $42? ive been eye'n a 64bit sempron and cheapest i can find them is mid 60range. and frys sempron bundles are all 32bit :(
from everything ive read, the 64bit semprons are pretty kickass, if you get one with 256cache
 
kirbyrj said:
That's got to be crippled almost beyond recogntion as a K8 chip ;).
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1.4ghz 256k Cache, not too bad.

If you get a golden chip, and a board that does 400htt, that's 2.8ghz :)
 
I just upgraded to an A64 3200 from a Sempy 3100.... The numbers arent that much bigger, but the Sempy I had came in a bundle from tigerdirect and the only reason I bought it was because of the price...... My A64 was worth the $102 more :)
 
Borgschulze said:
1.4ghz 256k Cache, not too bad.

If you get a golden chip, and a board that does 400htt, that's 2.8ghz :)
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and ram that can go that high after the costs of that you might as well get a ok mobo and a 3200+ A64 and OC that to 2.8 for less
 
Elios said:
and ram that can go that high after the costs of that you might as well get a ok mobo and a 3200+ A64 and OC that to 2.8 for less
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Bah, as long as the ram does 200mhz it's just fine.
 
i plan on getting atleast 512MB of 3200 ram for sure, maybe crucial or OCZ......any suggestions on memory now that we agree on the cpu.....
 
etexjc said:
i plan on getting atleast 512MB of 3200 ram for sure, maybe crucial or OCZ......any suggestions on memory now that we agree on the cpu.....
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just get a gig of value ram 2x 512
 
Buying a Sempron 64 and not overclocking it would be a travesty. Get yourself the cheapest Sempron 64 w/ 256 L2 cache and overclock that mutha. A 2400MHz K8 64 bit processor for 75 bux made my day a couple weeks ago.
 
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