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athlon ii x2 250 for sale.

Originally posted by: Candymancan21
The 250 is $87 now, i doubt it would get much cheaper then that considering the 550 is $100 and the X3 is $120
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The E5200 is still only 70 bucks.
 
Originally posted by: Hacp
Originally posted by: ShawnD1
Originally posted by: Hacp
Originally posted by: Candymancan21
The 250 is $87 now, i doubt it would get much cheaper then that considering the 550 is $100 and the X3 is $120
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The E5200 is still only 70 bucks.
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And it's still a celeron. The Athlon 250 is 15% faster at Crysis, 22% faster at Far Cry 2, 18% faster at L4D.
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Now lets see the overclocked numbers.
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The e5400 is alot slower compared to the 250. Look at these numbers, and the 250's iv seen are able to overclock the 3.6ghz+. This review has it at 3.8ghz and 3.9ghz, how high honestly can a E5200 go ? The clock diff is 300mhz on the E5400 and the 250 is 10% faster, so if the 250 can reach 3.8ghz the E5200 better be able to surpase 3.5ghz just to close the gap. Honestly it seems the 250 is as fast as a E7400. Now lets look at the 550BE at $109 with 6MB L2 vs only 2mb on the 250. The 550 is so much better then anything Intel has in this price range

http://xbitlabs.com/articles/c...lon-ii-x2_9.html#sect0
 
Originally posted by: Candymancan21
Originally posted by: Hacp
Originally posted by: ShawnD1
Originally posted by: Hacp
Originally posted by: Candymancan21
The 250 is $87 now, i doubt it would get much cheaper then that considering the 550 is $100 and the X3 is $120
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The E5200 is still only 70 bucks.
Click to expand...

And it's still a celeron. The Athlon 250 is 15% faster at Crysis, 22% faster at Far Cry 2, 18% faster at L4D.
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Now lets see the overclocked numbers.
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The e5400 is alot slower compared to the 250. Look at these numbers, and the 250's iv seen are able to overclock the 3.6ghz+. This review has it at 3.8ghz and 3.9ghz, how high honestly can a E5200 go ? The clock diff is 300mhz on the E5400 and the 250 is 10% faster, so if the 250 can reach 3.8ghz the E5200 better be able to surpase 3.5ghz just to close the gap. Honestly it seems the 250 is as fast as a E7400. Now lets look at the 550BE at $109 with 6MB L2 vs only 2mb on the 250. The 550 is so much better then anything Intel has in this price range

http://xbitlabs.com/articles/c...lon-ii-x2_9.html#sect0
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300 mhz. Hmm is that close to 10%? Why it is! All chips are different and I think its safe to say that the E5200 can reach similar overclock peeds compared with the X2. You're paying 20% more for similar performance.

Overclock reached of the E5200 by Xbitlabs.

http://xbitlabs.com/articles/c...dc-e5200_11.html#sect0
 
IMO $87 is actually a pretty nice price for a dual core 3ghz processor that can hit 3.8ghz no problem. Add in a cheap motherboard and you can easily build a very nice computer for under $400.
 
yeah... $87 is pretty good especially with free shipping and 2.75% live cash. Sucks that I'm in california so its tax for me...

Will probably have to get one once my ITX board get a bios update to support this chip.
 
The e5200 is a much better buy imo. Just got one and its currently clocked at 3.85ghz with the stock cooler. These chips would have to drop to around 50ish to be worth it.
 
Originally posted by: Pooptacular
The e5200 is a much better buy imo. Just got one and its currently clocked at 3.85ghz with the stock cooler. These chips would have to drop to around 50ish to be worth it.
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Thats what I've been saying all along! The Phenom 550 sounds like a better deal than the athlon since you have the possibility of unlocking some cores.
 
Stock speeds the Athlon X2 250 is faster.

Overclocked the E5200 is faster, the C2D scales better at higher clock speeds.

 
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