Athlon 64 3300+ vs Sempron 2800+ Both Socket 754

[ideas]

AMD Athlon 64 3300+ NewCastle 2.40GHz / 256KB Cache / 1600MHz FSB / Socket 754 / Processor

MMX 3DNOW SSE SSE2 x86-64 L1 64kb x2 L2 256kb

Sempron 64 2800+ Palermo 1.6GHz / 256KB Cache / 1600MHz FSB / Socket 754 / Processor

MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, 3DNOW! Pro L1 64kb x2 L2 256kb

I have Asrock K8NF6G-VSTA Motherboard and am getting a choice to choose which CPU i will use un this motherboard

please help me choose the better one.

Sempron has SSE3 and the Athlon doesn't, does it matter or whats the disadvantage of having SSE3?

Edited May 23, 2008 by ideas

[joe43wv]

I'd go with the Athlon, it's a better quality CPU and faster speed. Sempron is used for light weight work, but when you have options like this I say go with Athlon and you won't be sorry.

[neo]

Go for AMD Athlon64

[ideas]

Thanks guys

but what about the SSE3 feature?

What difference would it make?

Edited May 23, 2008 by ideas

[joe43wv]

I'm not sure. I don't know what SSE3 even is. That's a new one on me.

[Zxian]

SSE3 is only used by some programs, and for the most part, isn't a "make or break" feature for a CPU (unless you're running OSX). In your case, I'd go for the Athlon64.