Socket A upgrade

[disco Stu]

Mate's got a duron 1300 cpu but wants to upgrade, is a 2400+ xp(secondhand) any better than a Sempron 2600(new)???

Both seem to be around the same price.

The motherboard will take either.(socket A)

 

[Defcon5]

Isnt the sempron socket 754?

And i would imagine the sempron will have a tiny cache

 

[Duke]

The Sempron 2600+ Skt 754 is clocked at 1.6GHz with 128k cache.
The Athlon 2400+ Skt A is clocked at 2.0GHz with 256k cache.

Although the Sempron is more efficient, I'd still rather have the Socket A AthlonXP The Sempron does have two advantages though; 64bit ready and cooler running. You'll need a new motherboard for the Sempron anyway.

Sempron info -> http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_11599_11604,00.html

 

[m3csl2004]

think you can get 2600+ semprons on socket a?????

i know you can get semprons on socket a and that there a touch faster than tbreds because they have a 333fsb

 

[Baplad]

I persume he means the socket a sempron, go for the athlon, it will be better.

 

[Duke]

Socket A chips stopped production almost a year ago now. You could probably pick up chips on auction sites though.

 

[disco Stu]

I can still get hold of a new socket a sempron 2600 for about £45

 

[Topitoff]

Just make sure the mobo will support 333fsb cpus; before getting the Sempron.
If it was bought with the duron it may only support 266fsb then the XP 2400 is your best bet.

 

[disco Stu]

Motherboard is not a problem as it's a Asus one that I had before running with a 3200xp(which i sold)

 

[dale1uk]

The 2600 sempron is ok but couldn't clock mine at all and get it to run stable, not sure how well the xp 2400 clocks but a lot of the xp2500's hit xp3200 speeds.

 

[disco Stu]

The cpu will not be getting overclocked...but he just needs the best socket a cpu he can get for no more than £50

 

[dale1uk]

Just remembered that at the time I had my 2600 Sempron my Dad had a xp 2400 in his pc and the xp was the better chip. Not by much mind but still a slightly better chip.