athlon vs sempron

Is the sempron 2600+ the same as the Athalon 2600+.

thanks

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:28:03 -0800, Chilly B. Willy wrote:

> Is the sempron 2600+ the same as the Athalon 2600+.
>
No. Assuming you're talking about socket A (462), it would be about the
same as an Athlon XP 2200+. See Sempron on My Server in sigline.

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On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:36:39 GMT, Wes Newell
<> wrote:

>On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:28:03 -0800, Chilly B. Willy wrote:
>
>> Is the sempron 2600+ the same as the Athalon 2600+.
>>
>No. Assuming you're talking about socket A (462), it would be about the
>same as an Athlon XP 2200+. See Sempron on My Server in sigline.


Intresting. I have a MSI board that I just updated the bios on. Its
got an Duron 1GHz CPU on board. It says it'll now take a Athalon
2400+. Well I can't find any 2400+ anywhere, or at least not in my
price range. I can't see spending $140 for a old CPU. Anyway can I
put a faster Socket A cpu in this board and run it at 2400. There
just dosen't seem to be a lot of places I can ask this question.

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 08:26:06 -0800, Chilly B. Willy wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:36:39 GMT, Wes Newell
> <> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:28:03 -0800, Chilly B. Willy wrote:
>>
>>> Is the sempron 2600+ the same as the Athalon 2600+.
>>>
>>No. Assuming you're talking about socket A (462), it would be about the
>>same as an Athlon XP 2200+. See Sempron on My Server in sigline.
>
> Intresting. I have a MSI board that I just updated the bios on. Its
> got an Duron 1GHz CPU on board. It says it'll now take a Athalon
> 2400+. Well I can't find any 2400+ anywhere, or at least not in my
> price range. I can't see spending $140 for a old CPU. Anyway can I
> put a faster Socket A cpu in this board and run it at 2400. There
> just dosen't seem to be a lot of places I can ask this question.

Well, looks like you'll be limted to a 133MHz fsb, but if you use an
unlocked cpu, you can set the multiplier as high as 24x, so the max
actual speed the board will support is 24x133. You can do the math. The
problem is you aren't going to find a cheap socket A cpu that will work
well unless you get awfully lucky. At this time, you'd be much better off
buying a new socket 754 or 939 cpu/board combo and selling your old stuff
on ebay. Frye's had a Socket 754 MB and Sempron 2600+ on sale a few weeks
ago for about $75. I've also seen A64 3000+ cpu/mb combos on sale there
for about $100. Use your current system til you see something good on sale
and then jump on it. I think that's the best advice I can give you.

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Wes Newell wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 08:26:06 -0800, Chilly B. Willy wrote:
>
>
>>On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:36:39 GMT, Wes Newell
>><> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:28:03 -0800, Chilly B. Willy wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Is the sempron 2600+ the same as the Athalon 2600+.
>>>>
>>>
>>>No. Assuming you're talking about socket A (462), it would be about the
>>>same as an Athlon XP 2200+. See Sempron on My Server in sigline.
>>
>>Intresting. I have a MSI board that I just updated the bios on. Its
>>got an Duron 1GHz CPU on board. It says it'll now take a Athalon
>>2400+. Well I can't find any 2400+ anywhere, or at least not in my
>>price range. I can't see spending $140 for a old CPU. Anyway can I
>>put a faster Socket A cpu in this board and run it at 2400. There
>>just dosen't seem to be a lot of places I can ask this question.
>
>
> Well, looks like you'll be limted to a 133MHz fsb, but if you use an
> unlocked cpu, you can set the multiplier as high as 24x, so the max
> actual speed the board will support is 24x133. You can do the math. The
> problem is you aren't going to find a cheap socket A cpu that will work
> well unless you get awfully lucky. At this time, you'd be much better off
> buying a new socket 754 or 939 cpu/board combo and selling your old stuff
> on ebay. Frye's had a Socket 754 MB and Sempron 2600+ on sale a few weeks
> ago for about $75. I've also seen A64 3000+ cpu/mb combos on sale there
> for about $100. Use your current system til you see something good on sale
> and then jump on it. I think that's the best advice I can give you.

He may also be jumping into a new power supply, PCI-E graphics card, DDR
memory...

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 23:44:49 +0000, terrapin wrote:

> Wes Newell wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 08:26:06 -0800, Chilly B. Willy wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:36:39 GMT, Wes Newell
>>><> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:28:03 -0800, Chilly B. Willy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Is the sempron 2600+ the same as the Athalon 2600+.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>No. Assuming you're talking about socket A (462), it would be about the
>>>>same as an Athlon XP 2200+. See Sempron on My Server in sigline.
>>>
>>>Intresting. I have a MSI board that I just updated the bios on. Its
>>>got an Duron 1GHz CPU on board. It says it'll now take a Athalon
>>>2400+. Well I can't find any 2400+ anywhere, or at least not in my
>>>price range. I can't see spending $140 for a old CPU. Anyway can I
>>>put a faster Socket A cpu in this board and run it at 2400. There
>>>just dosen't seem to be a lot of places I can ask this question.
>>
>>
>> Well, looks like you'll be limted to a 133MHz fsb, but if you use an
>> unlocked cpu, you can set the multiplier as high as 24x, so the max
>> actual speed the board will support is 24x133. You can do the math. The
>> problem is you aren't going to find a cheap socket A cpu that will work
>> well unless you get awfully lucky. At this time, you'd be much better off
>> buying a new socket 754 or 939 cpu/board combo and selling your old stuff
>> on ebay. Frye's had a Socket 754 MB and Sempron 2600+ on sale a few weeks
>> ago for about $75. I've also seen A64 3000+ cpu/mb combos on sale there
>> for about $100. Use your current system til you see something good on sale
>> and then jump on it. I think that's the best advice I can give you.
>
> He may also be jumping into a new power supply, PCI-E graphics card, DDR
> memory...

he can reuse the DDR ram he has now and you won't see the PCI-E boards on
sale real cheap yet. New PSU is a definate possibility.

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On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 21:47:40 GMT, Wes Newell
<> wrote:

>On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 08:26:06 -0800, Chilly B. Willy wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:36:39 GMT, Wes Newell
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:28:03 -0800, Chilly B. Willy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is the sempron 2600+ the same as the Athalon 2600+.
>>>>
>>>No. Assuming you're talking about socket A (462), it would be about the
>>>same as an Athlon XP 2200+. See Sempron on My Server in sigline.
>>
>> Intresting. I have a MSI board that I just updated the bios on. Its
>> got an Duron 1GHz CPU on board. It says it'll now take a Athalon
>> 2400+. Well I can't find any 2400+ anywhere, or at least not in my
>> price range. I can't see spending $140 for a old CPU. Anyway can I
>> put a faster Socket A cpu in this board and run it at 2400. There
>> just dosen't seem to be a lot of places I can ask this question.
>
>Well, looks like you'll be limted to a 133MHz fsb, but if you use an
>unlocked cpu, you can set the multiplier as high as 24x, so the max
>actual speed the board will support is 24x133. You can do the math. The
>problem is you aren't going to find a cheap socket A cpu that will work
>well unless you get awfully lucky. At this time, you'd be much better off
>buying a new socket 754 or 939 cpu/board combo and selling your old stuff
>on ebay. Frye's had a Socket 754 MB and Sempron 2600+ on sale a few weeks
>ago for about $75. I've also seen A64 3000+ cpu/mb combos on sale there
>for about $100. Use your current system til you see something good on sale
>and then jump on it. I think that's the best advice I can give you.

Lets put it this way. I don't really want a sempron but if I can't
get the athalon I'll take a sempron. There is no way on gods green
earth I'll update to a sempron. I'd go with the fastest I can get.
When I got this board it was the fastest at the time.

My mobo is socket A. All I want to do is upgrade it to a higher proc.

this computer is just a kick around machine. For my main machine I've
got a 3GHz machine.

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 23:44:49 GMT, terrapin <>
wrote:

>Wes Newell wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 08:26:06 -0800, Chilly B. Willy wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:36:39 GMT, Wes Newell
>>><> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:28:03 -0800, Chilly B. Willy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Is the sempron 2600+ the same as the Athalon 2600+.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>No. Assuming you're talking about socket A (462), it would be about the
>>>>same as an Athlon XP 2200+. See Sempron on My Server in sigline.
>>>
>>>Intresting. I have a MSI board that I just updated the bios on. Its
>>>got an Duron 1GHz CPU on board. It says it'll now take a Athalon
>>>2400+. Well I can't find any 2400+ anywhere, or at least not in my
>>>price range. I can't see spending $140 for a old CPU. Anyway can I
>>>put a faster Socket A cpu in this board and run it at 2400. There
>>>just dosen't seem to be a lot of places I can ask this question.
>>
>>
>> Well, looks like you'll be limted to a 133MHz fsb, but if you use an
>> unlocked cpu, you can set the multiplier as high as 24x, so the max
>> actual speed the board will support is 24x133. You can do the math. The
>> problem is you aren't going to find a cheap socket A cpu that will work
>> well unless you get awfully lucky. At this time, you'd be much better off
>> buying a new socket 754 or 939 cpu/board combo and selling your old stuff
>> on ebay. Frye's had a Socket 754 MB and Sempron 2600+ on sale a few weeks
>> ago for about $75. I've also seen A64 3000+ cpu/mb combos on sale there
>> for about $100. Use your current system til you see something good on sale
>> and then jump on it. I think that's the best advice I can give you.
>
>He may also be jumping into a new power supply, PCI-E graphics card, DDR
>memory...

I forgot to mention it uses the old SDRAM. No DDR. I didn't buy this
originally, however I did put it together.