Planning to buy a new Mobo+cpu in 2 days (for a Non-Gamer) but unable to decide the cpu for 754 pin mobo. Need ur suggestions to choose between Athlon or Sempron.
MotherBoard I chose is ASUS K8V-MX
Proccys in my mind are AMD 64 - 2800+ & Sempron 64 - 2600
The Price difference between these two is more than 2k so is it worth enuf to buy athlon ahead of Sempron for a non gamer
thanx in advance
the sempron 2600+ 64 gives a 75% perfomance with about 50% cost of a 2800+ 64 bit athlon. so if u're not a gamer then its a very good option.its a gr8 ocer too.
Sempron is also OK for gaming.....but I'd still recommend the Athlon 64 for games,
Performance wise how far is 64 bit better than 32 bit (I mean how gud is a 32bit 1.6Ghz cpu compared to 64bit 1.6Ghz one). If there is not much difference I can get a Socket A (462) Sempron Processor instead of sempron 64(754 pin).
Thanx asdf1223 and AcceleratorX for quick replies!!!
Gods of hardware plzz suggest me
The performance difference between the two is pretty less. I'd estimate it to be around 10 ~ 15% on account of the 200Mhz lower clock speed, and lower L2 cache.
If you're looking to save some bucks, no harm going for the Sempron.
But I would definately say NO to the 32-bit Sempron. The Socket 754 architecture is highly advanced compared to the Socket A one, and that would definately give you a significant boost leaving aside the 32-bit vs 64-bit criteria.
socket a(462) is on life support.upgrading is the real problem.whereas the socket 754 got a boost nforce 4 boards(pcie,sata 2) and xpress 200(x200se onboard,pcie).so a sempron 2600+(754)is a really good option.
