sempron Vs older athlon xp

[vinny]

I need to replace my old athlon xp 1600 at 266 front side bus. I was
looking at the sempron 2500 socket A at 333 front side bus. I was happy
with my athlon xp but it died. I play some older games (rarely new ones}
and I have a geforce 4 ti 4400. how would a sempron 2500 compare to an old
athlon xp 1600

thanks

Vinny

 

[Ed Light]

Sempron 1.75 mhz
XP about 1.4 mhz

So the Sempron is faster, otherwise they are similar.

Be sure your board can use the Sempron. It may take a BIOS update. Check the
web site under cpu compatibility.


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[Cuzman]

vinny wrote:

" how would a sempron 2500 compare to an old athlon xp 1600 "


Both the Palomino (180nm) 1600+ and Thoroughbred B (130nm) 1600+ operate
at 1400MHz, and both have 256KB L2 cache.

In comparison, the Sempron 2500+ (130nm) operates at 1750MHz, also has a
256KB L2 cache, but has more memory bandwidth from running at 333FSB as
opposed to the 266FSB Athlon XP 1600+.

Your motherboard will need to support 333FSB processors, and you'll need
at least PC2700 DDR. If your motherboard doesn't support higher than
266FSB, you're better off with one of these: http://tinyurl.com/7slee .

 

[Wes Newell]

I need to replace my old athlon xp 1600 at 266 front side bus. I was
looking at the sempron 2500 socket A at 333 front side bus. I was happy
with my athlon xp but it died. I play some older games (rarely new ones}
and I have a geforce 4 ti 4400. how would a sempron 2500 compare to an old
athlon xp 1600

Both running at stock speeds, the Sempron would equate to about a 2100+
XP. See Sempron in link below. You also need a MB that supports a minimum
166MHz FSB (333FSB) for the Sempron to even run at stock speed. Running at
133MHz FSB it would equate to about a the same as a 1600+ XP and would be
a waste IMO. Your best bet would be an XP-M if you are buying new. Can't
really give you the best advice since I don't know what MB, Ram, etc. you
have. It all makes a difference. To be safe, I'd say get a real Athlon XP
2400+ for about $7 more or even a Duron 1800 fro about $20 less. For more
performance, a Barton core XP-M would be my choice for about $75.

 

[Ed Light]

Your motherboard will need to support 333FSB processors, and you'll need
at least PC2700 DDR.

Are you sure it won't run the memory slower than the bus?


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[vinny]

It' s vinny again. thanks for the replies. I should have clarified that I
am getting also a compatible budget motherboard. (ecs km 400 m2 3.0) and I
have 512mb of pc 2700 memory.
as far as the athlon xp. I would need to get the retail version since it
has 3 year warranty. my old athlon xp and motherboard just went bad.
thanks

 

[Cuzman]

Ed Light wrote:

" Are you sure it won't run the memory slower than the bus? "


It all depends on the motherboard. If the OP's entire system was built
around the release time of his Athlon XP 1600+ and Ti4400, then the
motherboard is less likely to have an asynchronous bus option.

 

[Wes Newell]

It' s vinny again. thanks for the replies. I should have clarified that I
am getting also a compatible budget motherboard. (ecs km 400 m2 3.0) and I
have 512mb of pc 2700 memory.
as far as the athlon xp. I would need to get the retail version since it
has 3 year warranty. my old athlon xp and motherboard just went bad.
thanks

If you are going to have to buy both a MB and CPU, get a socket 754 or
socket 939 board. Socket A is a dead horse. Let it be. You can get a 754
MB and cpu for about the same rpice with much better performance and you
can still use your PC2700 ram. S754 MB with onboard video $50. S754
retail Sempron 2600 about $66. Now that can't be more than $20 more than
than the socket A setup and it will be a lot faster, and more upgradable
cpu wise. Although you can overclock the heck out of 754 Semprons.

 

[vinny]

I have an antec sl350 powersupply an does not have the extra 4 pin power
connector (only the 20 pin). all socket754 i saw require it. I am better
off getting the atlonxp Barton 2800 retail for 34 dollars more than getting
a different power supply

 

[Wes Newell]

I have an antec sl350 powersupply an does not have the extra 4 pin power
connector (only the 20 pin). all socket754 i saw require it. I am better
off getting the atlonxp Barton 2800 retail for 34 dollars more than getting
a different power supply

You can get an adapter for the 4 pin connector so don't use that for an
excuse. Some newer K7 boards also require the 4 pin connector.

http://store.pchcables.com/p412volatxpo.html

 

[vinny]

thanks, I did not know they made an adaptor. i will look into socket 754
now.

 

[Wes Newell]

thanks, I did not know they made an adaptor. i will look into socket 754
now.

If for some reason your PSU doesn't work and you have to have a new one,
here are some very cheap alternatives. I've been using a similar 600W for
about 16 months now with my A64 system.

http://www.mrtechus.com/power_supply.html