AMD sempron DC 2.0 vs Intel Celeron D 356 3.33

I probably already know the answer but ill ask anyway i have 2 boards to use both are stock board the one board the ps/2 ports are fried and it has a intel celeron d 356 3.3 from a emachine w3503 with DDR Ram and the other is a stock board from a hp a6683w AMD Sempron DC 2.0 is the board im currently using with win 7. the emachine has 2 sticks of DDR 3200 512 and the celeron has 1 stick of pc5300 1gb and 1 stick of pc4200 512. But i did find a Biostar n68s mobo with a AMD II X2 2.9 that im thinking of getting dude is selling for 40.00 but i will have to buy a larger box to put it in not sure if he has the ram or not but another option is ASUS M2N-E SLI AM2 motherboard,AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2GHz AD03800IAA5CU CPU AM2,4GB CORSAIR XMS2 SERIES MEMORY - Corsair CM2X2048-6400C5 XMS2 2GB PC2-6400 800MHz 240-Pin DDR2 CL5 Desktop Memory Module x2 all that for 100. ANy thoughts?

Chris

I'm assuming that by "DC" you mean dual core? If so, the Sempron is easily more powerful than the Celeron.

If you have a dual core Sempron, going to an Athlon X2 3800+ would certainly be an upgrade, but not by that much. It is probably about the same price to find a higher end CPU from that family, like an X2 5200+/5600+, and they have a lot more clockspeed.

I did once have a M2N-E board, years ago, and it was good for me.