Difference between a Sempron/Barton and XP/Barton?

PrinceXizor

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I have an EpoX 8RDA+ motherboard. Checking out the EpoX supported CPU list, it shows the Sempron 2800+ as the highest model supported and the Athlon XP 3000+ Barton core as the highest model supported.

Now the Sempron 3000+ is based on the Barton core too but is not listed as supported.

The only thing I can think of is that the actual clock speed might be different for the Sempron compared to the Athlon XP. Anyone know why one might be supported and the other is not?

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They probably just didn't add it to the the bios look-up table. Since it is 333fsb it'll definitely work, just won't ID it correctly at worst.
 

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Would that affect anything? And, is it worth worrying about getting a 3000+ vs. a 2800+ :)

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Originally posted by: PrinceXizor
Would that affect anything? And, is it worth worrying about getting a 3000+ vs. a 2800+ :)

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I have never encountered any issues with unsupported CPUs before, it just calls it an unknown processor.

Looking2the 2800+ Barton v. 3000+ Sempr0n Barton on newegg, the 2800+ is identical spec wise except 83mhz faster, so they must have pulled that speed rating of 3000+ out of their butt even deeper than the others! :p

If those prices are even close to what you are expecting to pay, I'd say skt754 Sempr0n is a no brainer though.
 

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Newegg's a bit pricey for CPU's. Any recommendations for a socket A processor? I've got a Palomino! 1600+ OC'd to 1.75Ghz and the buss overclocked to 333FSB. Basically a 2500+ w/o the 512K cache.

I'm looking to build a silent PC for my music recording/mixing and was looking at used PIII combos which are quite cheap and easily cooled. But I'd be buying into a fixed performance. It's looking like maybe the best bet is to look for a good deal on an A64 w/ a motherboard that supports dual cores (for future proofing) to upgrade my current machine (would need new RAM too...ouch) and transfer the CPU/MB/RAM from my current box to the newly christened music PC.

The only downside is the music PC was supposed to be a cheapie, but I forgot about needing an OS so I'd have to save for it anyway. Might as well save and get bang for the buck.

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By the way, after a couple of years away, its good to see a familiar "face". Only a "few" more posts than the last time ;)

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Originally posted by: PrinceXizor
By the way, after a couple of years away, its good to see a familiar "face". Only a "few" more posts than the last time ;)

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I thought your name seemed familiar, but I didn't realize you hadn't posted for so long. Yeah, my post count is troublingly high :eek:

Ebay might be the best place to hunt for cheap sktA parts. FS/FT forum here is where I always start. I've seen single core 939 CPUs go for $100 of less as the owners upgrade to dual-core. Some 939 boards have full AGP support too, if you didn't want to absorb the cost of a PCIe vid card as well.
 

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Yeah, I've got a 9500 Pro. I'm not sure if that is an 8x card. From what I've read, the ASRock's with the AGP are 8X only.

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