Sempron 140 Unlocks to Athlon II X2

[btarunr]

I want one that unlocks to a 32nm Orochi Bulldozer.

Steal the keys to RnD of AMD Sunnyvale at night. Cheap security won't look.

 

[mtosev]

Steal the keys to RnD of AMD Sunnyvale at night. Cheap security won't look.

no dont do that. if you do we will be reading: Intel sabotaged AMD,... etc

 

[allen337]

Be glad when Intel unlocks my e6600 to a 8 core I7

 

[mtosev]

its utter stupidity selling single core cpus now when OSes support multi core cpus. i dont wanna see the performance of Vista or 7 on a single core cpu.

 

[aj28]

its utter stupidity selling single core cpus now when OSes support multi core cpus. i dont wanna see the performance of Vista or 7 on a single core cpu.

Actually, it's not that bad. Both Intel and AMD are churning out single core CPUs and pairing them with this type of software... HP sells the Neo with Vista and, hell, Sony ships the Atom with Vista as well! Are they great solutions? For a lot of purposes, no. However, when you need either cheap and/or low-power, they serve a very important roll in the market.

Besides, if they're just defective Regor cores, what the hell else are they gonna do with 'em? Better to make $40 than nothing at all.

 

[mtosev]

if you multi task then a single core is not for you. Atoms are found in netbooks which are generally for web browsing and simple tasks.

 

[btarunr]

People have multi-tasked for decades before dual-cores came to be. An internet machine doesn't need dual-core.

 

[mtosev]

Vista and 7 are optimized for dual cores and can use them better then any older MS OS to date

i remember trying to browse the internet on a Celeon 1.7GHz, 128Mb ram with Firefox and i coudnt browse the internet on that thing. Firefox worked so slowly that you could take a 3minute brake and than come back and resume browsing. i know that the problem was that the pc had only 128Mb of ram but the pc could even handle browsing the net. that was in 2005 and FF ver 2 if i recall correctlly.

the OS was XP.

 

[Deleted member 67555]

I just think it's funny some people will go buy
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103698 this chip $40
and this board http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128397 $90
to try to get the same performance as
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103688 this chip for $61
and this board http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130228 $80
$130 for a hope or $141 guaranteed lol my bad the second 2 have combo deal at $136 shipped

 

[newtekie1]

People have multi-tasked for decades before dual-cores came to be. An internet machine doesn't need dual-core.

Exactly, I multi-task just fine on my single core Atom, my single core P4 based Celeron does the same...

Vista and 7 are optimized for dual cores and can use them better then any older MS OS to date

i remember trying to browse the internet on a Celeon 1.7GHz, 128Mb ram with Firefox and i coudnt browse the internet on that thing. Firefox worked so slowly that you could take a 3minute brake and than come back and resume browsing. i know that the problem was that the pc had only 128Mb of ram but the pc could even handle browsing the net. that was in 2005 and FF ver 2 if i recall correctlly.

the OS was XP.

128MB of RAM...and you think the single core processor is the problem? I have a 1GHz Pentium III with 256MB of RAM that browses the internet perfectly running XP...the machine originally came with 98SE!

 

[Zubasa]

just curious, does ACC actually have any other purpose besides unlocking cores? i built my friend's PC with an Athlon II 250. the mobo is Biostar 790GX which has ACC as i looked at his bios yesterday. I thought regor was actually a true dual-core chip, it can't be unlocked to 3 or 4 cores can it?

ACC was originally introduced to aid Overclocking

 

[Scrizz]

Exactly, I multi-task just fine on my single core Atom, my single core P4 based Celeron does the same...



128MB of RAM...and you think the single core processor is the problem? I have a 1GHz Pentium III with 256MB of RAM that browses the internet perfectly running XP...the machine originally came with 98SE!

that's nothing i have my PII 400MHz w/512MB of ram, and it runs XP like a champ

 

[PCpraiser100]

AMD Hax FTW!

 

[laszlo]

Harry Potter and the CPU's from AMD

AAC wand and we have x2 or x4

 

[mtosev]

Exactly, I multi-task just fine on my single core Atom, my single core P4 based Celeron does the same...



128MB of RAM...and you think the single core processor is the problem? I have a 1GHz Pentium III with 256MB of RAM that browses the internet perfectly running XP...the machine originally came with 98SE!

no. im saying that putting the cheapest stuff into pcs cripples them. i really dont get how a company sold a pc with 128mb ram and windows Xp on it

if you would you build a pc with this Sempron and put it 512mb ram and then installed Vista on it. you would have the same effect that i saw on that Celeron.

 

[Mussels]

no you wouldnt, my mums PC runs fine in windows 7 with 512MB of ram (and ran fine in vista with 1GB) on a slower celeron.


CPU means nothing! its all ram for vista and 7.

 

[mtosev]

I installed fresh Vista Basic SP1 on a DELL Vorsto A860: 1Gb ram, T2410, X3100 GFX and it was extremly slow. i think Vista didnt like < 1GB of ram.


i forgot to turn off Vista's indexing function. that would maybe help. but i did turn everything else off. i turned off all the visual effects, also changed the UI to Windows Classic.
Vista index for the pc was 2.6-2.8.

 

[Mussels]

vista runs like a dog for the first day or two on a fresh install, unless you disable system restore, indexing, and the hiberation file.

if you leave them be (and leave the system on for a while) it sorts itself out and works fine. How fast it sorts itself out is dependant on the HDD speed.

 

[Zubasa]

vista runs like a dog for the first day or two on a fresh install, unless you disable system restore, indexing, and the hiberation file.

if you leave them be (and leave the system on for a while) it sorts itself out and works fine. How fast it sorts itself out is dependant on the HDD speed.

Shutting down UAC and Windows Defender also provides great boost in speed, as long as you don't need that extra security.

And for those guys with less than 1GB ram, why in the world you need windows for an internet machine? Just grab a copy of Ubuntu and install it.

 

[Mussels]

i always forget to disable windows defender!

good tip too.

 

[mtosev]

vista runs like a dog for the first day or two on a fresh install, unless you disable system restore, indexing, and the hiberation file.

if you leave them be (and leave the system on for a while) it sorts itself out and works fine. How fast it sorts itself out is dependant on the HDD speed.

after 3 days it was still slow.

i dindt install BitDefender on than pc as i found it was slowing the pc when more. so i installed Avast instead.

 

[Zubasa]

after 3 days it was still slow.

i dindt install BitDefender on than pc as i found it was slowing the pc when more. so i installed Avast instead.

Do you actually know what Windows Defender is?
It is the anti-malware program from M$
Vista comes pre-install with it BTW.
Also it will be a great idea to upgrade to SP2.

 

[mtosev]

Do you actually know what Windows Defender is?
It is the anti-malware program from M$
Vista comes pre-install with it BTW.
Also it will be a great idea to upgrade to SP2.

Defender isnt an Antivirus only anti spyware.

Sp2 wasnt available in January 2009.

 

[Black Hades]

Nice strategy... People love gambling. It's like one of those "Get a Capt. Crunch action figure. now one in every 10 boxes has one!"

 

[Zubasa]

The procs are well priced regardless of the unlock.
Now the question is just why not get one?