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Three Budget CPUs Tested

Posted by timothy on from the cheaper-than-saffron dept.

Steve writes "HEXUS.net are taking a look at three 'value' CPUs. The Sempron 2800+ and 3100+ from AMD (Socket A and Socket 754 respectively.) The price range of the three is fairly broad, the 3100+ coming out on top, also costing the most. Also, for those of you who enjoy cheap thrills, some overclocking has been thrown in, too." (The third chip reviewed is the Celeron D.)

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  1. Let's just hope by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    That their web server isn't being hosted on one.

  2. Let me be the first one to say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    sempron fi

    1. Re:Let me be the first one to say by ScrewMaster · · Score: 4, Funny

      Semper ubi sub ubi

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      The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
  3. I might check those out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't do any scientific computing or anything involving too much math... if these CPUs make a few mistakes here or there it won't really bother me.

    1. Re:I might check those out by ScrewMaster · · Score: 5, Funny

      Q: What do you call the "Intel Inside" sticker?

      A: A warning label.

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      The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
    2. Re:I might check those out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      "I am pentium of borg. Resistance is futile. You will be approximated."

      Q: How do you pronounce IEEE as in the IEEE floating point standard whilest fyling on a plane designed on a pentium?
      A: Aiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

      And so on and so forth.

    3. Re:I might check those out by Wog · · Score: 2, Funny

      *sigh*

      Get it right.

      "I am Pentium of Borg. Division is futile. You will be approximated."

  4. In other words.. by ciroknight · · Score: 4, Funny

    The other chip reviewed is the Celeron D.

    In other words: HEY SLASHDOT, TWO NEW BUDGET ATHLONS ARE OUT...oh..and that other.. Intel thing..

    Seriously though, did anyone else laugh immediately at the bias in this community? I thought it was pretty humorous...

    I'll go back to my troll hole now..

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    "Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is." G.W.Bush
  5. Re:wait... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    by Slashdot mathematics: 1 + 1 = 3 ?

    Yes but only for large values of 1.

  6. Re:Sempron 2800 does kick ass by toddestan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why did you buy an entirely new PC and not just a new motherboard?

    Even a bigger question, why a Compaq?

  7. Yes. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Intel users are surprised.

  8. erstwhile? by OrangeTide · · Score: 2, Funny

    "That's been the fate of the much-maligned Celeron of late. AMD, on the other hand, has been mixing it its midrange with low-end Athlon 64s whilst also continuing with the erstwhile Athlon XP and a select range of Durons."

    "Rather, it seems that its numbering scheme has always tried to approximate the MHz rating from its erstwhile competitor's CPUs."

    Looks like the author learned a new word, how exciting for him. Although I think "competitor's erstwhile CPUs" would have made more sense.

    erstwhile
    adj : belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our
    former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her
    quondam lover" [syn: erstwhile(a), former(a), once(a),
    onetime(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)]
    adv : at a previous time; "once he loved her"; "her erstwhile
    writing" [syn: once, formerly, at one time, erst]

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    “Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
  9. I'm tired of these pussy names for CPUs by multiplexo · · Score: 4, Funny
    Celeron, Athlon, Sempron, Opteron, Pentium. I want visceral names! I want manly names. I want names with teeth, names with balls, names with a serious tude. How cool would it be if Intel announced that they were going to call their next processor "The Vindicator" and then AMD could announce one called "The Eviscerator". I'd love to own a computer that had a sticker that read "Intel Bitchslapper 960 Inside".

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    cheap labor conservatives - they want to keep you hungry enough to be thankful for minimum wage.
  10. Celeron, the next generation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The third chip reviewed is the Celeron D.

    Celeron D, huh? I just had a strange vision of a bald French guy at an Intel fab barking out: "Make it slow, Number 0.999997284!"