Barton 2500+ or Sempron 2600+

[VeXeR]

Hi...

I have the option of either... Which one should i take?

Thanks

 

[Sunbird]

Barton 2500+

Its the same clock speed, but the Barton has got double the L2 cache.

 

[imported_yetti]

agreed.

 

[BlvdKing]

Sempron 2600+ without a question. Once you get a K8 there is no going back.

It will kill the 2500+, and since it is 90nm SOI it will overclock quite nicely.

Plus, you can upgrade the Sempron to a socket 754 Athlon 64 later on that are still very fast; the platform still has some life in it. Socket A is EOL in march.

EDIT: I still stand by my answer but I realized that he is talking about a socket A sempron. In that case, the barton 2500+ is better for sure.

 

[VeXeR]

thanks a lot guys... reinforced what i already suspected...

 

[dennisjai215]

it depends if the 2600+ sempron is socket A or socket 754.. if its s754 then sempron... if socket A then the barton..

 

[imported_yetti]

only the sempron 3100+ is s754.

 

[stratman]

Originally posted by: yetti
only the sempron 3100+ is s754.

nah, there are a whole bunch of new s754 semprons, down to 2600+. They're still really new though.

See this thread:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=40&threadid=1524165&enterthread=y

 

[Mik3y]

go barton between teh 2

 

[SneakyStuff]

If the Sempron is somehow 2600+ socket 754, go for it, if it's socket A, get the Barton core.

 

[nemesismk2]

Get the XP2500 because not even a Sempron 2800 is faster as seen HERE