I think if I were in your place, I would go with the Sempron 3100+ and a
socket 754 MB. You could drop in a AMD64 socket 754 CPU later for a low
cost upgrade down the road. But, if you're not in a hurry to upgrade,
wait a couple of months and go with a socket 939 MB. It seems this
would give you the best long term CPU upgrade capability.
Personally, I would not mess with a socket A MB at this point in
history. My opinion is you would be investing in something that is very
near its end of life already.
If you have a socket A board then don't buy a Sempron for it, they are
overated and overpriced. A 2500+ at half the the of the Sempron is faster
than the Sempron 2800+.
If you're think about a Sempron 3100+ for socket 754, it's not a bad buy,
just be aware that it's slower than an Athlon 64 2800+. Subtract 400 from
th4e model numbers of Sempron if you want a true comparison against Athlon
CPU's. The Sempron are benchmarked differently to compare to Intels
Celeron.
The Athlon 64 2800+ looks like it may be discontinued, or might be discontinued soon.
Since the Athlon 64 3000+ is only around $20 more than the 2800+,
I see no reason to consider buying the 2800+.
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