Overlocking a Sempron 3000+? SkT A

Patrick Beaugrand wrote:
> Hey everyone Ive got a Sempron 3000+ at 2.0 GHZ..i dunno if its 64 bit or
> not but its socket A and runs fairly well from my old athlon xp 2400+
> I was wondering if anyone knows how well this overclocks..my current mobo
> doesnt support anything near to overclocking but i may buy a new mobo soon
> to overclock if its worth it.
> Anyone tried or any ideas?...
>
> Also how good is this 3000+ compared to a pentium 4 3.0 with HT....
> Ive got windows xp pro sp/1 and a 256 MB Radeon 9600 AGP
>
> Thanks,
> Patrick
>
>
First of all, the cheapest performance upgrade is to add memory. Your
video card is fine. I am running the same one and it works great for a
combination of gaming and video/graphics design. Think of taking a
Celeron processor and making it a 64 bit CPU. That is what you have in
the AMD class.

Second, you are more than likely running a Socket 754 motherboard. If
that is the case, consider changing to an Athlon 64. You can still find
the 2800 for a reasonable price. It runs at 1.8GHZ and does a great job
in my applications (although I would like to have an Athlon 64 3700).

If you want to compete with the P4 processors, you need to go to the
Athlon 64 of a higher class and not worry about overclocking.

I build machines professionally and can tell you from experience that a
new Athlon 64 will give you what you are looking for. By the time you
supply the necessary cooling modifications (preferably water cooling),
you could have bought a decent processor for that board and then some.

To compare your Sempron to a P4 would be like comparing a car with a 4
cylinder to the same thing with a high output V6.
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