Advantages: Cheap, Fast, Definitely a good buy.
Disadvantages: Runs very hot and needs compatible motherboard and power supply

...AMD have certainly turned themselves around in recent times and now represent a viable option to Intel processors. Traditionally AMD have been strong in the "value"/budget segment of the market. The AMD Athlon is a processor that challenges Intel higher up the food chain. Advantages AMD Athlons are faster than Intel processors when comparing Mhz to Mhz. AMD Athlons are cheaper than Intel processors Mhz for Mhz. Possible pitfalls... AMD processors require motherboards with "Socket A". These are different to motherboards that support Intel processors and tend to be slightly more expensive. It is highly recommended that you use an AMD approved power supply with your AMD processor. If you don't you are liable to suffer from unexplainable crashes. This is because AMD processors run much hotter than Intel processors. It is very easy... Read review

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Advantages: Budget, Low Heating, Less Power Consumption, 64 Bit Architecture, Solid Built Quality, High Performance
Disadvantages: None in particular

...AMD Sempron 2800+ code name PALERMO [Socket 754] ~1.60GHz [1600MHz] is a 64 Bit affordable and high performance processor from AMD Corp. Having 256 KB L2 Cache and 800MHz [*8x] HyperTransot running at 1.40 volt, it is suitable for all everyday work and gaming too. AMD Sempron 2800+ is based on AMD x8664 architecture supporting MMX, Enhanced 3d Now, SSE, SSE2 and NX Bit. It support 64 Bit Operating systems and applications. We can extract the maximum performance from this processor if we use a 64 Bit Operating System with it. It doesn't heat up as AMD's older processors. I run Kubuntu Feisty Fawn 7.04 x64 having this processor and a 768 MB of DDR 400MHz RAM and its giving me much more than enough. It can serve you as good as an Intel 2GHz processor. If you are interested ina budget 64 bit processor and good performance then its for you... Read review

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Advantages: Best Bang for Buck
Disadvantages: Little 64-bit Software Support

...AMD have really got the right mix of ideas in this CPU, not only was it one of the first 64-bit CPUs on the market (a long time before Intel had a 64-bit CPU) it is also a major leap from the old SocketA CPUs. Well whats changed? The CPU is now hidden under a heatspreader, much like the Pentium4. This gives added protection when installing the CPU into the socket and makes applying the thermal interface material (TIM) a lot easier. The socket arrangement is now alot better then old Socket A. Sockets 754, 939 and 940 all are the same size and have the same retention bracket making the Heatsink Fan (HSF) universal for the whole AMD range now. However its what is going on inside the CPU is what has made it such a ground breaking model. 64-bit is the next step now for the computer market giving access to larger amounts of RAM and Storage... Read review

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Advantages: A worthy cheaper rival to Pentium 4
Disadvantages: The AMD heatsink and fan is not good enough, and hard to attach to the motherboard

...The AMD XP3200+ is currently AMDs only processor capable of running on 400Mhz FSB motherboards without the need for overclocking, the processor is a socket A and you will need a compatible motherboard . Processors running on higher FSB (front side bus) speeds tend to get a better response when processing information, this is a big plus to consider when looking to upgrade to a AMD XP3200+ processor for your computer system. On most of todays socket A motherboards you will see that the processor frequency can be set at three different levels 133 for running 266mhz processors, 166 for running 333mhz processors and 200 for 400mhz processors, this is a must have piece of information that you will need to know especially when looking to purchase a processor, this is usually contained in your motherboards manual or at their official website... Read review

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Advantages: cheap, excellent performance
Disadvantages: none

...I have recently upgraded to a AMD Duron processor and it was superb. Coupled it with a powerful ABIT KT7 motherboard, it delivered suprb performance and beats Pentium III of the equivalent rank. Having an unlocked processor and a bios that supports soft clock speed setting, I could deliver the maxium performance out of the processor with little risk damaging the processor. The speed of the processor can also be varied according to the season - I can run a bit faster when the day is cooler and vice versa. The price is also very competitive compared to Celeron or Pentium III. With good performance and good price, this is the processor I would go for. Also, Duron/Althon has much better upgrability compared to INTEL counter part as AMD is going to support Socket A for a reasonable amount of time to come.... Read review

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Advantages: Easy installation, Cheaper than PIII
Disadvantages: Runs hot without specific Athlon Heatsink/Fan

...Upon discovering that my machine from Time (a-hem!) could not be upgraded from an AMD K6-2 366 I was forced to upgrade big time. This was to be the first time I built a system from the ground up. My budget was £400, which had to include tower, motherboard, processor, graphics card and more memory. My first choice of processor was an AMD one because of their reputation for being cheaper and sometimes more reliable than their Intel rivals. I decided to go for the AMD Athlon 750, quite a big step up from my 366! Installation of the Athlon processor is very easy, but a dedicated Athlon heatsink/fan is a must as the Athlon run's like an oven without one. I got a CoolerMaster heatsink/fan, one of the best on the market. The heatsink/fan simply clips onto the slots on the Athlon chip, then the heatsink/fan/CPU simply slide into the Athlon... Read review

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Advantages: Low Cost, High Performance, Good Built Quality, Almost latest hardware support
Disadvantages: No PCI-E Slot, Only 2 RAM Slots, Low Integrated GFX

...I'm using this product from a year. I bought a budgeted system containing MSI K8MM-V MoBo, AMD Sempron 2800+, 768 MB DDR 400MHz RAM, Sony DVD-RW DRU 170A, LG CD-RW/DVD-ROM, 80+80 WD SATA. And the system is serving me very fine. The MotherBoard support 64 BIT AMD k8 processors upto AMD Athlon 3700+ [Socket 754] and upto 2 GB of DDR 266/333/400 DDR SDRAM. It support almost all AGP 8x Graphic Cards but ATI one's are some what better than nVIdia. 3 PCI slots give you enough expandability. Two SATA and TWO IDE ports can accomodate upto 6 Drives [2 SATA and 4 IDE Drives]. It support UDMA 66/100/133 modes supporting upto 150 MB/s transfer. In other words it is SUPERB.... Read review

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Advantages: fast socket 7 chip
Disadvantages: dont make them anymore

...There is one simple reason why AMD stopped making the K6-III processor chip. that reason is that the chip was just too good. Yes seriously the K6-III was too good for AMD to sell. Strange you think that AMD would not sell such a good chip. Well the reason behind it was that AMD was about to release the Athlon at the time which would be its new intel beating power chip. To make the Athlon such a succsess they had to make the gap between its last chip and this new one as big as possible. AMD feared that if the K6-III was still on sale it would eat into the profits of the Athlon and so make the Athlon not appear as good. Image is just as important as the profits. The K6-III 450 would be about the equivalent power or a k6-2 550-600 in my opinion. With a decent graphics card it would suit any mid range system. The K6-III was expensive... Read review

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Advantages: Quiet, Cheap, Effective cooler
Disadvantages: Can be tricky to fit in some cases

...When my amd 64 3200+ was geting a little hot using the stock fan i decided to look for a new, but cheap, alternative. This fan will fit on any motherboard that supports skt 939, skt 940 and socket 754 type AMD processors. But i have read even though it is compatible and will fit it hasn't in some cases. But in my case it fitted fine. The first thing i noticed was the size of the thing! It only just fitted in my case, and i have a reasonably sized case. The fan cover sits on rubber feet, i guess this is to reduce vibration and noise. Also it is a fairly heavy piece of kit and some of the corners can be sharp, so watch your fingers. On the bottom there is a thermal pad/paste concoction so you wont need to worry about applying thermal paste directly on to the CPU, this made fitting the fan much easier. Performance wise my CPU was idling... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, Reliable, AMD
Disadvantages: Slowish compared to better CPUs

...becausw of the lower clock speed! this is why we get AMD Sempron 2800+ with a clock speed of 1.66ghz, The 2800+ merely indicates that this would outperform (hence the (+) at the end of the figures) an equivalent processor running at 2.8ghz. These rpcoessors are plug in and play, simply drop the processor into the socket, pull down the lever and clip on the heatsink and fan and there it is! Instructions do come with these processors if you buy the Retail Pack, the instructions have full colour step by step guides, you can;t go wrong! Intel are mass marketed and mainstream, TV adverts the lot, AMD....no, AMD processors are bought, used by people who are in the know how and don't need to rely on mass marketing schemes. This processor in particular is very nice. at 1.66ghz and 2800+ it allows applications to open and run rather quickly... Read review

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