Athlon or Sempron Advice Needed?

[RobDMB]

I'm making a build for my parents and I'm trying to decide if i should save money and go with a Sempron or if an Athlon/Opteron would be a better choice. They are only basic users (word processing/internet) but I'm sure if I build this they would keep it for a good 4/5 years. Any advice would be appreciated. I am on a limited budget so that is a concern, but I could fit the 150 or so for a low end athlon if necessary.

 

[Maximilian]

Socket 939 Sempron would be fine IMO. Even that is more power than they need, but it will last 4-5 years and is upgradable if required in the future.

 

[RobDMB]

Are there socket 939 semprons? I keep seeing 754s.

 

[Maximilian]

Oh, sorry no, they dont seem to exist yet. My bad.

In that case, a 754 sempron would be ideal. Personally i would go with a socket A/ socket 478 cpu, they wont notice the performance difference and if it broke theres hundreds replacements littered around ebay despite those sockets being obsolete.

 

[Zap]

Socket 939 Semprons exist, you just can't buy one on Newegg yet. I've seen them on Ebay and you can buy them if you get an HP computer.

Geforce6100 motherboard $60
socket 754 Sempron $60 and up