AM2 on the cheap

NobodyNobody
edited June 2006 in Hardware
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Orleans
BIOSTAR TFORCE 550 Socket AM2 NVIDIA
bout 200.00 bucks
Its been fun the biostar is very kind - a tad short on the ram volts max 2.2
other than that Im a Biostar fan. On stock volts 305x9 prime stable 8 hrs so far.
waiting on prime, bla

Comments

  • tmh88tmh88 Pittsburgh / Athens, OH
    edited June 2006
    wait... im confused. So the AM2's are dual core?
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    WHAT!!, I did not konw that, is this serious?
  • NobodyNobody
    edited June 2006
    oh yea CPUZ reports the singles as 2x - i know i was so excited they had sent me a duel core for a hundred bucks - not -
    its a 3000 AMD64 AM2 single core 1.8m
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    I think he is meaning a AM2 Sempron! not an Athlon.

    The smallest AMD Athlon that is on the AM2 socket is the 3500+
    http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_609,00.html?redir=CPT301

    To note: CPUZ dosent support all the AM2 Chips just yet...as AMD does not make a Athlon 64 3000+ X2
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    How is it a single core AM2 chip in the Athlon series? the only AM2 3000+ comes out fo the Sempron family.

    To note for all:

    AMD's new AM2 socket supports a wide range of CPU's out of AMD's CPU family. The list of supported CPU's is below.

    AMD Sempron™ Processor

    3000+
    3200+
    3400+
    3500+
    3600+

    AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor
    3800+
    3500+

    AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor
    5000+
    4800+
    4600+
    4400+
    4200+
    4000+
    3800+

    AMD Athlon™ 64 FX Processor
    FX-62
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited June 2006
    tmh88 wrote:
    wait... im confused. So the AM2's are dual core?

    AM2 are dual core capable. Only a couple models are dual core that I know of, one of them being the AM2 5000+

    Here's a search of the AMD AM2 64 bit processors here at NewEgg.

    AMD Sempron 64 2800+ (1.6GHz) for $68
    AMD Sempron 64 3000+ (1.6GHz) for $77
    AMD Sempron 64 3200+ (1.8GHz) for $87
    AMD Sempron 64 3400+ (1.8GHz) for $97
    AMD Sempron 64 3500+ (2.0GHz) for $109
    AMD Sempron 64 3600+ (2.0GHz) for $123
    AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (1.8GHz) for $105
    AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (2.0GHz) for $115
    AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (2.2GHz) for $123
    AMD Athlon 64 3800+ (2.4GHz) for $165
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (2.2GHz Dual Core) $369
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (2.2GHz Dual Core) $539 (No Stock)
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ (2.4GHz Dual Core) $575
    AMD Athlon 64 FX62 (2.8GHz Dual Core) $1220 (No Stock)
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited June 2006
    Wow.... according to AMD's sites the following CPU's are not on there

    AMD Sempron 64 2800+ (1.6GHz) for $68
    AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (1.8GHz) for $105
    AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (2.0GHz) for $115

    They must have had a ton of lower clocked chips per wafer, forcing them to create lower models.
  • NobodyNobody
    edited June 2006
    Have had fun with the Biostar 550 always reboots - haven't had much luck tighting up the ram above 300htt -
    had a 36+ hour prime going at 305 when the utilities blinked - @#$&
  • lemonlimelemonlime Canada Member
    edited June 2006
    Very nice OC dude! not bad for AM2 on the cheap :thumbup
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