AMD Athlon II x2 240 vrs Athlon x2 7750

Stildawn · 10-19-2009, 07:28 AM

So my brother went to buy a Athlon x2 7750 and the shop sent him an email saying they were out of stock but was offered a Athlon II x2 240 for the same price...

Now I know the Athlon II has hardly any cache but isnt it based on Phonem II chip? So therefore would it be better than the Athlon 7750 which is based on Phonem I?

Whats the pros and cons of each?

And also the Athlon II is AM3 will that work on a AM2+ board?

Cheers

maroon1 · 10-19-2009, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Stildawn

So my brother went to buy a Athlon x2 7750 and the shop sent him an email saying they were out of stock but was offered a Athlon II x2 240 for the same price...

I did not find any review that compares both of these CPUs

But based on the specs, Athlon II X2 240 has larger L2 cache and has 100MHz higher stock clock speed

But Phenom X2 7750 has 2MB L3 cache

So, I say they perform about the same. But I would get Athlon II X2 since it consume less power, and it probably overclocks better

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And also the Athlon II is AM3 will that work on a AM2+ board?

Yes

brighteyes · 10-19-2009, 08:43 AM

I'd get the 240, higher OC (i got to like 3.3ghz on my 7750) and it'll be cooler, less power, and it's 45nm. plus if you get an AM3 board, you can drop that fella in there.

87dtna · 10-19-2009, 12:32 PM

240 overclocks better, runs cooler, consumes less power, it's AM3 (which works on an AM2+ board no problem, may need a bios update), and in general has more processing power. It's also better with games.

Here's a great site I use for comparing CPU's. They only have the 250, but with a slight overclock you can get 250 speeds no problem-
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=96&p2=78

The 250 wins 30 out of 31 benchmarks. Thats a whooping.

2048Megabytes · 10-19-2009, 05:48 PM

I also vote for the Athlon II 240 Dual-Core Processor over the Athlon 7750 Dual-Core Processor.

Stildawn · 10-19-2009, 09:53 PM

Cheers guys thanks.

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Stildawn Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 1,214	AMD Athlon II x2 240 vrs Athlon x2 7750 So my brother went to buy a Athlon x2 7750 and the shop sent him an email saying they were out of stock but was offered a Athlon II x2 240 for the same price... Now I know the Athlon II has hardly any cache but isnt it based on Phonem II chip? So therefore would it be better than the Athlon 7750 which is based on Phonem I? Whats the pros and cons of each? And also the Athlon II is AM3 will that work on a AM2+ board? Cheers __________________ AMD Phonem II x4 955 Cooler Master V8 HSF Asus M4A79T Deluxe AM3 GSkill 2 x 2gb DDR3 1600 HIS ATi HD4890 1GB TURBO 900/4000 WD 1TB 7200rpm HDD Corsair TX650 Zalman ZM-MFC1 Plus Cooler Master CM690

10-19-2009, 12:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
87dtna Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: PA Age: 24 Posts: 663	240 overclocks better, runs cooler, consumes less power, it's AM3 (which works on an AM2+ board no problem, may need a bios update), and in general has more processing power. It's also better with games. Here's a great site I use for comparing CPU's. They only have the 250, but with a slight overclock you can get 250 speeds no problem- http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=96&p2=78 The 250 wins 30 out of 31 benchmarks. Thats a whooping. __________________ Matt ''The beatings will continue until morale improves'' Main rig- AMD Phenom II 550 unlocked to B50 quad@3.8ghz, Antec 200 case, Gigabyte MA785GMT-UD2H board, 4gb G.Skill DDR3-1600 ram, EVGA gts250 GPU, OCZ 700w PSU, 2x dvd burners, seagate 640gb HDD 7200.11, Windows 7 RC. Last edited by 87dtna; 10-19-2009 at 12:41 PM.

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2048Megabytes Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mainland United States Posts: 2,297	I also vote for the Athlon II 240 Dual-Core Processor over the Athlon 7750 Dual-Core Processor. __________________ "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." -- Benjamin Franklin Operating Systems: Linux Ubuntu 9.04 and Windows Vista Power Supply: OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS Video Card: MSI R3650-T2D512 OC Radeon HD 3650 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M78SM-S2H Memory: Super Talent PC2-6400 2 gigabytes Processor: Phenom 9550 Quad-Core (2.2 gigahertz)

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Stildawn Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 1,214	Cheers guys thanks. __________________ AMD Phonem II x4 955 Cooler Master V8 HSF Asus M4A79T Deluxe AM3 GSkill 2 x 2gb DDR3 1600 HIS ATi HD4890 1GB TURBO 900/4000 WD 1TB 7200rpm HDD Corsair TX650 Zalman ZM-MFC1 Plus Cooler Master CM690

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10-19-2009, 08:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
brighteyes banned Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Constantinople Posts: 120	I'd get the 240, higher OC (i got to like 3.3ghz on my 7750) and it'll be cooler, less power, and it's 45nm. plus if you get an AM3 board, you can drop that fella in there.

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