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u/g to athlon xp 3000

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eklass

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hey people, just thought i'd seek out a bit of advice before i drop coin on a new proc

currently i've got a giga-byte GA-7VAXP-Ultra. unfortunately 400FSB came out just after I bought the mobo and thus i'm stuck at 333 with my pc2700 ram

on to the question:
i currently have an athlon 2000 running on 266 FSB. i was going to go ahead and buy an athlon 3000 (333 FSB). is there anything i should be aware of or lookout for on this proc. i don't know if they changed thier packaging or anything, but i figured i would throw it out there just in case
 
See if the board will support a Mobile XP. If so then get a 2400+ mobile and set the FSB to 333Mhz (166) and that will get you at 2.2Ghz with 512kb of L2 cache.
 
ya, it supports the mobile, but you wont get much of an overclock on it. its a waste of spending money on an xp 3000+ when you could get the athlon 64 2800+ for only a little bit more for a lot more performance. the 2800+ is faster then the xp 3200+, and well worth it in every way. the athlon xp's are almost obsolete. semprons are almost out and since you plan to upgrade on socket A, then wait on the sempron, which will come out in a few weeks.
 
i'm not sure why people are suggesting that i upgrade to an athlon 64 - no where did i mention that being an option

as for sempron, i'm not up to date - i'll have to look into it. this upgrade isn't real important, so it can wait a couple of weeks, especially since this will be the last upgrade on this platform (next summer i'll build a spiffy new athlon 64 system)
 
sempron will basically take over the xp line for amd. it will be amd's new budget series of processors. on socket A, the sempron sould be somewhat faster then the normal xp's, though it only has 256K of L2 cache. it will primarily be based on socket 754 later on, as socket 939 becomes mainstream.
 
Given that I will be running a processor at 333, there seems to be no difference between a Barton and Sempron other than the lower cache of the Sempron. So why would I want to bother when I can drop $110 today for a 3000 Barton?
 
well, no one really knows the performance of the chip yet. that chart doesnt mention anything of performance, but given that it runs at a lower core speed means that it is faster then the comparable barton at clock to clock speeds. also, the barton will drop in price once the sempron comes out. it should already drop soon since the athlon 64's recently had a huge price drop.
 
acording to anands review the 2800+ sempron is on par with th 2600+XP. if youre going sempron it would be best to go with the 754 socket one.

You could buy a 2400+ and set the fsb to 166 and then upp the multiplyer as far as the mobo/cpu will go. That would be your safest bet i believe.
 
you don't seem to understand that i'm not upgrading my motherboard. i am however looking to plop down about $100 for a processor to retrofit my current socket A system. why does everyone keep suggesting i go with some other platform?
 
i just upgraded a similar system (kt333 and pc2700)
i recommend going with a mobile 2200+ or 2400+ if you have no problem with overclocking easily to 2800+ 3200+ or higher speeds
 
Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
i just upgraded a similar system (kt333 and pc2700)
i recommend going with a mobile 2200+ or 2400+ if you have no problem with overclocking easily to 2800+ 3200+ or higher speeds
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do you know how pricewatch denotes mobile parts? i look at thier cpu listing and just see A64, AXP, AMP (multi-processor i assume?)

what's the rundown on the mobile like compared to the standard dektop parts? i'll look around AT and see if i can come up with what i need
 
it looks like a lot of people are o/cing thier axp-m to somethign like 210-220fsb. newegg lists the proc at 266 default. is that to say people are movint th efsb down and ramping up the multiplier ? wouldn't it be more beneficial to have additional fsb?
 
when someone says they raised their fsb to 210-220 they mean it is running at 420-440...its default is 133 or (266)
for example...my 2500+ barton is 333fsb (166) i have it running at 426fsb (213)
 
okay so they're reporting one way FSB

it seems that the 2500 is a favorite over the 2600. any reason for this ?
 
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