Celeron 2.53ghz vs Sempron 2800 @1.6ghz

tonyyeb · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:18

Hi all

I can get either of these cpu/mobo combos for abour £60 give or take a £1 or 2. Which should i go for? They system will be used as a test server for my software developments.

Thanks

Minstadave · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:19

tonyyeb said:
Hi all

I can get either of these cpu/mobo combos for abour £60 give or take a £1 or 2. Which should i go for? They system will be used as a test server for my software developments.

Thanks

What socket is the sempron, Socket A or Socket 754?

tonyyeb · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:20

Socket 754

Graeme43 · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:23

tonyyeb said:
Socket 754

Thats the better of the 2

you can stick in some older AMD64s if you ever wanted to upgrade

But hey if the Celly is LGA775, you could do the same with P4s or maybe even pentium d

tonyyeb · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:27

Graeme43 said:
Thats the better of the 2 you can stick in some older AMD64s if you ever wanted to upgrade

But hey if the Celly is LGA775, you could do the same with P4s or maybe even pentium d

It is LGA775!! I'm torn!

ajgoodfellow · 9 Aug 2006 at 20:04

The Sempron is the faster chip

Minstadave · 9 Aug 2006 at 20:10

ajgoodfellow said:
The Sempron is the faster chip

That'd be the one I'd go for too

easyrider · 9 Aug 2006 at 22:22

Yup,

The sempron is faster than the Celeron 2.53ghz.

m3csl2004 · 9 Aug 2006 at 22:23

sempys are good - im running one now

edit: if you want me to run any benchies or anything lmk

Justintime · 9 Aug 2006 at 22:26

Overclocked a celeron might perform better but stock speeds its prolly the loser.

easyrider · 9 Aug 2006 at 22:29

Justintime said:
Overclocked a celeron might perform better but stock speeds its prolly the loser.

The E6 revison semprons are nice lttle chips for the money.

However you could get a second Hand A64 for around the same money with more cache.Since The price cuts they are now dirt cheap.

ajgoodfellow · 9 Aug 2006 at 22:32

Yeah - building a cheap PC for work and ending up going for the A64 3700+ as it's only £65 inc VAT - only a tenner more than the far slower 3100+ Sempron they were considering

uk_sam · 10 Aug 2006 at 10:45

The Sempron 2800+ 754 overclocks very nicely on a decent board. 2.4GHz+ is achievable. I had a DFI NF3 which gave me good overclocks but a fair share of problems - good idea to slap a decent fan on the MB chipset as it gets HOT.

233 · 10 Aug 2006 at 10:50

erm have a looky in MM a lot better than eithr of those can be had for 60-70 quid

Dureth · 10 Aug 2006 at 11:38

I think hes getting cpu/mobo for £60/70 not just a CPU. Although I would be inclined to look at a A64 3000 and mobo 2nd hand for the same money.

tonyyeb · 10 Aug 2006 at 13:00

sormicoft said:
erm have a looky in MM a lot better than eithr of those can be had for 60-70 quid

I'd love to but my post count isn't high enough

m3csl2004 · 10 Aug 2006 at 13:51

biostar tforce 754 - awesome board if you want 754

tonyyeb · 11 Aug 2006 at 09:17

Thanks for all the advice guys (& gals). I've gone for a Sempron. Gunna overclock that puppy!

ajgoodfellow · 11 Aug 2006 at 09:33

Good choice - should be a stonking clocker too!

tonyyeb · 11 Aug 2006 at 09:38

ajgoodfellow said:
Good choice - should be a stonking clocker too!

Cheers, i look forward to it!