[NTLUG:Discuss] Sempron discussion after Sep 18 meeting

[JD]

>Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Sempron discussion after Sep 18 meeting
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>Thank you for pointing this out.  When I saw word of the Sempron, I just
>ignored it thinking "eh, a new Duron" :p.  Interesting that the high end
>Sempron is a castrated Athlon 64 :).

I think AMD choose the name of the new chip to sound similar to the Intel 
Celeron.

The Sempron chip is *not* a high end processor.   At least, the one that I 
purchased
wasn't very high-end.  The combo [ECS board and a 2.2G CPU] was all of 
$59.  Throw in
a decent fan and 256M of 2700 DDR memory - I walked out of Fry's for under 
$125.

I didn't have much time to test the combo.  I ran some burn-in utilities to 
stress the CPU
and the memory.  Later, I connected an existing SCSI drive with Win2k 
installed.  Overall,
the combo was very functional for a standard office load.   However, I 
returned the equipment
to Fry's as the requirement dried up.

   >>JD<<