AMD's Sempron is a classic dog's dinner

[Beemer]

The chips started out on Socket A which, as we all know, was the old Athlon XP platform.....
.....However, mainboard companies aren't keen to have old school Socket A boards taking up room in their production facilities, which is part of the reason that these chips moved to Socket 754 at the end of last year.

The old Athlon 64 form factor - before it combined with the FX on Socket 939 - is still around in force, with old stock waiting to be sold. It's not as cheap as Socket A, although AMD is hoping that it might become so in time. The problem with 754 is that it really wasn't around for too long, and the chipsets and boards that are generally paired with it aren't the greatest. Like Socket A, there's no real upgrade potential here.

The big news, then, will come when AMD finally release Sempr0ns on to the Socket 939 form factor that their current Athlon 64 and Athlon FX chips occupy, creating a unified platform. We expect the first chip, a 3000+, to hit very soon.


Full: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=21093

[silenze]

The problem with 754 is that it really wasn't around for too long, and the chipsets and boards that are generally paired with it aren't the greatest. Like Socket A, there's no real upgrade potential here.

I've got 2.7Ghz of FX55 smokin' socket 754 Athlon 64 to make you eat your uneducated words mistar news type guy.... :roll:

[Beemer]

Just think of what you would be able to do with a 939, lol j/k

[undergroundtech]

Yeah... I would like to bench my OLD socket A against his PC :twisted:

[veedubgti]

I like socket A's for project computers because they are very cheap and I wouldn't feel as bad fryin' a $60 Sempron 2500+ than a $600 939 FX-55. Besides which they are very easy to overclock.

I only paid $75 for the mainbard and processor on the computer in my signature and I got a 22% performance gain.