New low-end processors

[Jae]

Im building a computer soon and im on a low budget. ($400-$500)

instead of buying those high-end 64-bit AMD's or the Pentium 4's im looking into buying a Celeron D or a AMD Sempron CPU.

i was wondering if i could get some feedback on either one of the processors with the CONs and PROs. I just need an opinion. sorry if this topic has been covered already. im just a noob

 

[diabloII]

get an XP (mobile maybe?) and an abit nfs-7 v2

 

[Trotter]

Yeah. You can snag an Athlon XP for a really good price, or even a Sempron if you're extremely squeezed for cash.

 

[Dark_Sniper*]

look for bunldes there some that come with both.

 

[Trotter]

Good idea, Sniper

 

[DJ-CHRIS]

Check out XP-M as they are cheap and OC VERY HIGH

 

[Jae]

ive compared the XP-M 2400+ and the Sempron2500 and i see no major difference except the Semprons FSB is higher and the 2400's has 128 more L2 cache.

 

[gaara]

With an Athlon XP-M, you can get it up to a near high performing chip if you know what you're doing. I highly recommend it.

edit - you'll need to dish out some money for good some decent RAM or you may find it difficult to overclock very high.

 

[Trotter]

Check out RetroBox, OnTheGoPC, TechForLess, and RefubDepot as well.

http://www.retrobox.com/rbwww/home/search_type_class_menu.asp?bin_id=world
http://onthegopc.com/
http://www.techforless.com/cgi-bin/tech4less
http://refurbdepot.com/index.cfm

 

[diabloII]

sempron sucks