Which chip?

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

im looking to buy a sempron to replace the mobile chip in my sig since i cant get it over 2.6hgz and mem controller doesnt like over 270, and my ram has more in it. im looking athe 2800+ w/256k cache, at 200x8. or the 3000+ w/128k cache at 200x9.

the chip i have now is a 512k cache newcastle core. would this be an upgrade? which is better, never used a sempron.

[high5]

Semprons are decent, i'd suggest you to go for model w/ more cache. BTW you have cache size performance comparison here:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/sempron-2600_4.html

however my subjective feeling after a couple of months of use (i also had Newcastle) is that these #'s don't tell the whole story and that difference can be felt... especially during heavy multi-tasking.

so you may also consider Venice based s754 A64.

look for OPN ending with 'BX'.

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

hmmm.... thanks for the input. looks like ill go for higher cache and lower multiplier and hope that i can get the high htt that i will need. a venice based chip is probably over my budget of about 100$ CDN.

[Supertim0r]

why not a Venice 3000+ s754 ?

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

why not a Venice 3000+ s754 ?
thats what i asked second post. where are those? where can i get them? and are they under 100$ new?

[high5]

its $120 at Newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103606

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

its $120 at Newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103606


thats 120$ US. i only have 100$ CDN. thats like 85$ US.