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Jump to PostThe Athlon XP would be faster, but how much does each cost?
The Sempron has a 2Ghz clockspeed and 256Kb of L2 cache.
The 2600+ Thoroughbred has a clockspeed of 2.083Ghz and 256Kb of L2 cache and the 2600+ Bartoon has a clockspeed of 1.917Ghz and 512Kb of …
Jump to PostI would go for the sempron - grab a 3100. Ive had better results from semps than low spec XPs but looking at what Coconut Monkey says it would come down to price/motherboard/over clocking ect...
NOTE: The XP uses socket A, which is being phased out, the sempron uses …
Jump to PostNOTE: The XP uses socket A, which is being phased out, the sempron uses socket 754 which is the mainstream budget AMD socket (their high end is 939)
Incorrect. The first Semprons came out in socket A format, and were based on the old AthlonXP thoroughbred cores. The 3100+ Sempron …
Jump to PostNot quite true...The other Socket A semprons I've looked at do have 256KB of L2 cache, but the Sempron 3000+ has a barton Core, and has 512KB of L2 Cache. I think that puts it a hair faster than the 2600+ with either the Barton or the Tbred. Depending on …
Jump to PostIncorrect. The first Semprons came out in socket A format, and were based on the old AthlonXP thoroughbred cores. The 3100+ Sempron is the socket 754 model and is based on the Athlon 64 core, minus 64-bit support.
My brother (an MSCE technitian) still insits Socket A is on the …
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