AMD Sempron - anybody use one?
I have zero experience with AMD Sempron processors, never even seen one. But I'm building a machine for someone and I noticed the Sempron is a lot cheaper than the Athlon XP equivalent, I assume this is because the supply of XP processors is starting to dwindle.
This computer is for a church secretary and it just needs to do things like word processing, designing a newsletter, email, some light web browsing so a high powered machine isn't needed.
I was thinking of going with an Abit NF7 and Sempron 2500+
The two together is about $140. Is this a good pairing? I figured the Sempron works in any motherboard that accepts socket A Athlon XPs am I correct?
Thanks for any info you can give me.
Here's the processor I'm looking at
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80141
and the board
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-127-185&depa=0
Is there another board you could recommend me to go with a Sempron? I don't keep to up to date on motherboards but I know the NF7 is one that a lot of people use. I have a Soyo Dragon that I got on an RMA of a Gigabyte board so I dont have any personal experience with Abit motherboards.
This computer is for a church secretary and it just needs to do things like word processing, designing a newsletter, email, some light web browsing so a high powered machine isn't needed.
I was thinking of going with an Abit NF7 and Sempron 2500+
The two together is about $140. Is this a good pairing? I figured the Sempron works in any motherboard that accepts socket A Athlon XPs am I correct?
Thanks for any info you can give me.
Here's the processor I'm looking at
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80141
and the board
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-127-185&depa=0
Is there another board you could recommend me to go with a Sempron? I don't keep to up to date on motherboards but I know the NF7 is one that a lot of people use. I have a Soyo Dragon that I got on an RMA of a Gigabyte board so I dont have any personal experience with Abit motherboards.
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That's a good idea, I didnt even think of it, altho I do have some cheapo PCI video cards lying around.
Is there any board you'd recommend for a PC like this? I don't want anything that is totally garbage (a friend of mine outfitted an office with some "ECS" boards that he got real cheap and it bit him in the ass cause half of them had problems) but nothing that's really high end, it looks like the NF7 might be a bit overkill for this computer.
This one is an Asus with onboard video, slightly cheaper, maybe a better idea, anybody know anything about this board?
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-131-509&depa=0
Thanks for the suggestion, I just think it looks like it will be cheaper to go with the Sempron and a Socket A board (which are plentiful at cheap prices) than to try and go with a newer platform. They're using a 355mhz system with a Pentium II I believe right now, so, cutting edge isn't that important
My only concern with that board I posted, the ASUS, is it is "MicroATX" which I've never worked with before. This board will fit in a standard Mid-tower ATX case, right?
http://www.formfactors.org/developer%5Cspecs%5Cmatxspe1.2.pdf
I have a Sempron 2800+ driving one of my music servers quite nicely.
Tex
-drasnor
Tex
-drasnor
Semp 2800
OB S/V/L
17 CRT
KB/M/Spkr
Combo
256DDR
XP Home
3 yrs Warranty
I would say go for it.
EDIT: MM, you weren't quite right on what the Sempron is; it's the same as a Tbred B core XP, not a Barton. It only has 256k L2 cache, not 512k.
ASUS A7V400-MX MicroATX (the board I posted above)
AMD Sempron 3000+
512mb Crucial PC2700
80 GB Western Digital Special Edition (8mb buffer)
and WinXP Home (OEM [hey, that's me now, right? ] edition was only $88 and I see no reason why they would need pro)
The computer they have now already has a brand new CDRW drive, wireless NIC, and 56k modem so I'll just be removing them and installing it into this machine.
The guy who hired me to build this for them said that if I could get a faster processor for $20-$30 more than to go for it, so I upgraded from the Sempron 2500+ to a Sempron 3000+ (2ghz) and if the HDD could be upgraded then to do that so the 80gb Special Edition was only $5 more than the 40gb standard WD 7200rpm drive.
I found a very nice Enlight case w/ a 350w power supply for $54 + 99 cent shipping on NewEgg. So after all is said and done, they will pay about $535 for all the parts + my labor fee for building and setting everything. Computer prices are just great now, especially for general computing!
I'm really pleased with this board it's got integrated video, LAN, and sound, 4 USB ports on the back and the case has 2 on the front that I hooked up. But anyway, after messing with this computer for a little while I have to say this is a great mobo (the first ASUS brand one I've worked with) and the Sempron has some bite to it and is more than enough for a general use PC.
AND they don't want me to bring it in for setup for like over a week so it'll get some good folding action for me. (we'll call it the stress test/burn in period ) so I'll be able to see what kind of production one of these can do. I'm thinking about ordering a couple of these ASUS micro boards and sempron processor for a 2 or 3 PC folding farm, seems like they would perform well and at a great price only $150 per node for a Sempron 3000+ and this board.
But anyway, I must stop rambling, I just wanted to give an update on how the build went!