Im not sure about the Mobo, but just the fact that the CPU is a Semperon is bad, Semperons are a very cheapy budget chip and not for gaming. Im gonna shut up now cause i don't wanna feed you bad advice.
Im not sure about the Mobo, but just the fact that the CPU is a Semperon is bad, Semperons are a very cheapy budget chip and not for gaming. Im gonna shut up now cause i don't wanna feed you bad advice.
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its better than what i know. i chose it cos its the cheapest cpu so in a few months when life sorts itself out and i have a job:, i can upgrade to a decent socket 754 athlon 64. but the boards not good you say?
edit: theres this for a few quid more. http://www.pcwcomponentcentre.co.uk/invt/918ad10201
it doesn't have the word 'value' attached. thats gotta be good
Last edited by TheDave; 03-13-2005 at 08:55 PM.
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Get a job, lol, seriously it helps. Or maybe just get a Celeron 2.66 then just OC it alot.
Last edited by silent h3ro; 03-13-2005 at 09:23 PM.
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i got a cheque :phew:
now i have more time to think, save up and get a job
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The Abit KV8 Pro is better than the Aopen board IMO. And you save £0.30
Or check out this Soltek board. Same specification level as the Aopen board for about £9 less.
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I can find them in Sweden (I think, haven't checked the last week) and the US, not sure abt britain.Originally Posted by Peerzy
Basically, if you want a pc that will be doing more than Internet & Email 64bit is your way to go, Intel is far to expensive for what you get and Semperons are more of a budget chip. if you can find an Athlon 2500 then get that as they are great for gaming and like £30, however they were discontinued a while ago and are quite hard to find. I think SnnY said he had found a place that had them
Anyhow, from what I've read a winchester core socket 939 amd is the way to go, if you can afford it.
Last edited by Snee; 03-14-2005 at 03:27 PM.
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I thought that the semprons were just as good as the bartons?
They dont sell athlon xp anymore so you're forced to either go budget cpu or 64bit?
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hopefully by the end of the week i'll have neraly £200. so i'm going socket 939, i think
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A socket a sempron is like a barton with half the L2 cache. I think.
They are supposed to have a few updates, but they are clocked slightly lower if you look to the number they are given. The Sempron 2700 performs like the barton 2400, for instance, is the word.
Pre barton xps had the same cache as the socket a semprons.
Semprons for other sockets aren't bad at all tho', I think, but the athlons are better, of course.
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w00t. i now have £200 and am tempted to go to pcworld on the bus so i dont have to wait a week for the money to clear then delivery and stuff.
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:, i can upgrade to a decent socket 754 athlon 64. but the boards not good you say?
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