Tiger
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Whats the difference between the Athlon 64 and the Sempron 64?
Was looking at the Athlon but the Semprons are quite a bit cheaper.
Apart from the Athlon being Socket 939 and the Sempron being Socket 754.
[Edited on 28-01-2006 by Tiger]
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Bart
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what your refering to are AMDs CPUs not mobos.
Well the sempron is the budget chip, which was formally known as the Athlon XP.
AMD didnt like the budget chips sharing the same name as the high end chips (athlon 64) so they gave them the name Sempron.
The semprons are slightly better than the Celeron CPUs but like them they are the 'budget chips.
I personally wouldnt buy a sempron (ive just upgraded from a AMD 3000 Sempron).
hope that helps.
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future proof yourself abit by getting 939's imho.
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by willay
future proof yourself abit by getting 939's imho.
Agreed.
939 is the way forward.
You could buy yourself a nice bundle of CPU+mobo+memory something like an AMD 64 3500 and then upgrade to the X2 dual core or even X2 FX60 chips when the prices come down to earth.
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Tiger
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Can you recommend a mobo bundle, something around £150?
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Bart
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well, anything from this list will be good and futureproof.
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Tiger
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How long do 754's have left then?
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Bart
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well, i dont think its a case of "how long do they have left", they've just been overtaken/replaced by 939.
Similarly to PCI-E replacing AGP.
You can still by AGP, even AGP supported motherboards... but why would you when the way forward is PCI-Express 
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Tiger
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I already have a Gigabyte mobo but its an Athlon 1800+ processor, could I straight swap it for for a new gigabyte/amd bundle?
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lol you kids, future proof yourself with 939? obviously havent heard about amd's new wave of chips
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Bart
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possibly, if you find a deal with a gigabyte motherboard.
I dont think it matters that much, any new Mobo is going to be better than what you alread have.
Can i ask if your mobo has a PCI-E slot or not?
Also, why your thinking of upgrading?
If its for Gaming, i would look at your gfx card.
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
lol you kids, future proof yourself with 939? obviously havent heard about amd's new wave of chips
the Turion or Opteron chips?
Well, again they're going to be pricey to begin with.
When they're (or any other new chip arrives), the X2 chips and FX60 chips will be become cheaper, and they are fast chips.
[Edited on 28-01-2006 by Bart]
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Tiger
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Not gaming, graphic design mainly and some music stuff too.
Dont think I have PCI-E slot. The PC was new in 2002.
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Russ
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graphic design? buy a mac
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quote:
Originally posted by Bart
quote:
Originally posted by Russ
lol you kids, future proof yourself with 939? obviously havent heard about amd's new wave of chips
the Turion or Opteron chips?
Well, again they're going to be pricey to begin with.
When they're (or any other new chip arrives), the X2 chips and FX60 chips will be become cheaper, and they are fast chips.
[Edited on 28-01-2006 by Bart]
i have opteron atm, by the middle of next year, anybody with single core will need an upgrade to keep up.
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ, by the middle of next year, anybody with single core will need an upgrade to keep up.
Well thats going to be pretty obvious with the way things are going.
And like i said before, i would keep away from the X2s as the prices is silly at the moment, but over the next year they will come down.
[Edited on 28-01-2006 by Bart]
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John
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Keep up with what though?
What programs do you know of that are coded or compiled to take advantage of the dual cores.
Not many atm.
Same as xp64. There aren't actually many 64bit programs out yet.
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Tiger
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
graphic design? buy a mac
Cant afford to shell out.
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John
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Macs are just normal pc's now anyway.
It'll be even easier than it is atm to run macos on pc's soon.
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