3200 Athlon XP or 3100 Semphron socket 754

[jrp4277]

I am upgrading the cpu, motherboard and ram in an old Dell DimensionXPS R450 and keeping the hard drive and floppy. Anyway, I was wondering which of these two CPU's Athlon Xp 3200 socket A or Semphron 3100 socket 754 is a faster and better buy. I will not be upgrading this system to 64 bit so having a 754 socket motherboard is not required. I just want some extra speed over my P2 450. I was just wondering which of these two is faster because they are basically in the same price range. I use this computer mostly for the internet, word processing mostly and just some light gaming. Your input would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Arcanedeath]

The socket 754 Sempron 3100+ is actualy quite a bit faster than the Athlon XP 3200+ @ 2.2 Ghz for most apps anyways.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: jrp4277
I will not be upgrading this system to 64 bit so having a 754 socket motherboard is not required.

I'm afraid if you want a sempron 3100+ you'll have to get a socket 754 motherboard because 3100+ sempron only comes in socket 754 variety.

the fastest socket A sempron is 3000+

 

[Zebo]

Forget about sempron.

From mwave.com
AMD ATHLON 64 2800+ RETAILED BOX with heat sink
EPOX 8KDA3I

$186

Nothing intel has can touch this for price/performance or features. It will be at least 6x faster than current rig, from the sound of it may last you 15yrs. You'll want to have 64 bit option later.

And you'll need new memory $60 here for 512MB. can run 2-3-2 1T with a little help..

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-150-619&depa=0

 

[jrp4277]

I'm sorry!

Originally posted by: jrp4277
I will not be upgrading this system to 64 bit so having a 754 socket motherboard is not required.

I meant I will not need a 64 bit processor. Sorry for the confusion. I know the 754 Sempron 3100 processor needs the 754 socket. My mistake. What I meant was I saw some reviews where the Sempron was sometimes faster than the Athlon XP. Iwas just wondering on which would be better overall? Thanks for the help guys.

 

[ribbon13]

If your on a such a tight budget, then Zebo's suggestion is the best option for price/performance ratio.

 

[Gunnman]

goto www.portatech.com

Motherboard & CPU Combo w/ Athlon 64 3200 - Price w/ Standard Features: $229.00

Motherboard & CPU Combo w/ Athlon 64 2800 - MORE INFO / BUY $163.00

Motherboard & CPU Combo w/ Athlon 64 3000 - MORE INFO / BUY $187.00

Motherboard & CPU Combo w/ Athlon 64 3700 - MORE INFO / BUY $509.00


Dont bother with XP or Semperon

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: jrp4277
I'm sorry!

Originally posted by: jrp4277
I will not be upgrading this system to 64 bit so having a 754 socket motherboard is not required.

I meant I will not need a 64 bit processor. Sorry for the confusion. I know the 754 Sempron 3100 processor needs the 754 socket. My mistake. What I meant was I saw some reviews where the Sempron was sometimes faster than the Athlon XP. Iwas just wondering on which would be better overall? Thanks for the help guys.

You're gonna need a new mobo anyway for any sempron or any Athlon XP.

 

[Budman]

Like Zebo said, you're better off grabbing the A64 2800+ because it's just as fast if not faster than the 3100+ sempron & it's cheaper with 64bit support to boot.

So you cant lose with the 2800+.

 

[jrp4277]

ok guys, you talked me into the A64 2800. I sure do appreciate it. Could you recommend a motherboard with onboard video for the 754 socket. Thanks to all who helped

 

[ribbon13]

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=MB-BA20095

pick the Epox zebo pointed out with the bundle

 

[Zebo]

on-board video is blurry. No good. If you must have it..

GIGABYTE "GA-K8S760M" is cool due to separte vram.. but still sucks.

You're better off with combo I suggested and 9200SE ATI card for $35

 

[Zebo]

Alternitivly for $195 shipped you could get this which I have about a dozen and all work great in a cluster.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=240156
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80698-R

That mobo is a rock. Three phase power, high quality japanese capacitors, has video and the everything else. Also it's linux 100% compatable if you're into to that sort of thing.

 

[Gunnman]

I like the Asus A8N (Nforce 3 250gb Chipset) full featured and cheap. I havn't tried the EPOX but ribbon knows what he is talking about.

http://www.portatech.com/catalog/viewitem.asp?ID=12785

Radeon 9200SE Direct-X 8
Radeon 9250 DX8
Radeon 9550 DX9 Support, like $75 (better card)

 

[jrp4277]

thanks ribbon, gunman, zebo and budman. I appreciate your efforts to help me. They where not invane as I have chosen to go with then the A64 2800 with the Epox Zebo originally suggested with 512 ddr 400 with the Radeon 9250. Thanks to you all

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: jrp4277
thanks ribbon, gunman, zebo and budman. I appreciate your efforts to help me. They where not invane as I have chosen to go with then the A64 2800 with the Epox Zebo originally suggested with 512 ddr 400 with the Radeon 9250. Thanks to you all

I am pretty sure you'll be happy with this setup & when XP 64 bit comes out soon you'll be 64 bit ready. 😉

 

[Zebo]

2800 $120
9250 $40
EPOX $66
Ram $60

good choices.. don't forget to come back and let us know how goes.🙂 For $286 total you should have a really decent system ...the 9250 is a better choice due to higher core over 9200.. But neither will do hard core 3d gaming just so you know... But will be clear.