I got this item more than 4 weeks ago to upgrade my PC. I have an old PC with AMD Duron 800 MHz and thought to upgrade it and give it for my parents. I had 1GB RAM and I just needed one of the fastest CPU my motherboard can handle. So I decided this one. After replacing CPU and setting right FSB the computer was much faster, not only because of CPU, but also because of FSB, that the RAM can also use. I'm lucky I bought this item, because now my parents have a good PC for cheap upgrade.
I purchased this processor as I wanted to fit it on a board running a processor XP1600.Apparently the board supports processors XP 1600 and above. When I fit it, the board stopped responding and I lost almost one night and at last I reinstalled the XP 1600 processor. I cannot say exactly if the above processor is not good but i got no response from the board. I dont want to lose more time, so i kept it apartr.
AMD Athlon XP 2400+, 2 GHz (AXDA2400DKV3C) OEM / Unboxed Processor for £3,what a bargain. viva la eBay!... A brilliant Processor for upgrading older socket a motherboards. Will only show speed not type because its OEM. Don't forget to change bios to 133 from 100 or it will show as 1800+, 1.5 GHz instead of Athlon XP 2400+, 2 GHz.
I bought this to replace an Athlon Thunderbird 1.4GHz and this was the fastest, easy to obtain, processor that the motherboard (GA-7VTX 266Mb FSB) will support. It went straight in and runs fine. It makes a real difference for processor hungry tasks such as video transcoding (a file that took 115 minutes to transcode with the Athlon 1.4 now takes 56 mins), but don't expect to notice huge improvements for general Windows tasks as other factors will limit performance, such as I/O. An added bonus is that the XP versions of the Athlon support the SSE instruction set, which is required by some software such as games.
This is a good, dependable CPU running at 2GHZ.and 266 FSB. This appears quite slow compared to the later processors and especially so compared to the multi core processors. However there are many motherboards for AMD processors of 2003/4 vintage which are still in regular use,and many of these can only support up to 266 FSB, and the ATHLON XP 2400 is the fastest option generally available for them. The ATHLON 2400XP is more than capable of running Windows XP, and for general office and internet applications. However when running Vista Ultimate, or undertaking power hungry tasks such as video editing, or running the latest games, then a significant drop in performance is to be expected.
The AMD Athlon XP 2400+, 2 GHz ( AXDA2400DKV3C ) 462 is an easy chip to upgrade to from a 1700+. The price i paid on ebay was very fair.
I needed to upgrade my CPU from an Athlon XP 1800+. The fastest CPU my motherboard could take was an Athlon XP 2600+. Because these are the fastest CPUs for this generation of motherboard they are very sought after and consequently they command a high price. The next fastest CPU in the line is the Athlon XP 2400+. I bought one of these for about 25% of the cost of the faster 2600+, and it works really well. It has speeded up my general computing tasks, and handles things like Youtube videos much more easily. If you don't want to spend the money on the 2600+ I would really recommend going for the 2400+.
.... your buying this to make your PC faster?? well it will, A BIT, if coming from an Athlon 1800/2000, so as a budget choice on price they are OK, cos as you know if your reading this, a cheap / good 462 ain't easy to find anymore. I needed this in a hurry so settled for the 2400 which is v v reliable, better bet if you can find one is the 2600/2800 Barton L2/512 (check you motherboard is compatable), but, they cost more .. this gets an 8/10 from me, and in fairness, performs better than I expected, is no problem to fit & is very good value !!
If you are living in the not too distant past this was a very expensive CPU on release and as a replacement for old Socket A you can save quite a lot of cash by choosing this 2400 over the 2800 or 3000 which go for a lot more.Unless you do a lot of audio or video editing then you will hardly notice the difference in general use i.e. browsing etc. and playing audio and video files.
I decided to upgrade from my Duron processor running at 1.3Ghz, I thought I would see a significant difference in speed. But I'm disappointed, I haven't noticed any increase in speed at all, things still seem the same as before I upgraded.
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Best-selling in CPUs/Processors
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Save on CPUs/Processors
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- You may also like
