Go Back   Cyber Tech Help Support Forums > Hardware > Hardware

Notices

Hardware Use this board for problem solving and the discussion of Computer Hardware issues

Reply
 
Topic Tools
  #1  
Old May 28th, 2004, 05:32 PM
mesak mesak is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
O/S: Windows 10 Pro
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 193
Intel Celeron 2.4 GHz or Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz

Hello all,

I am not sure if this is the right forum to ask this sort of question but I will give a go anyway...recently I upgraded my Win2K to Win XP Pro and now I am facing upgrade of the motherboard and processor in my computer. Thing is I am not sure what processor to put in. I am thinking about Intel Celeron 2.4GHZ but many people told me Intel Pentium 4 is much better processor for XP. I have found both processors in the local computer shop and prices are quite close so I am not sure what to pick. Intel Celeron 2.4GHz or Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz...Any suggestions?

Last edited by mesak; May 28th, 2004 at 07:02 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old May 28th, 2004, 10:24 PM
old_grouch old_grouch is offline
New Member
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Colorado Springs
Posts: 2
In my experience, the P4 runs 20-30% faster than the Celeron for the same clock rate. Both will run XP. Another issue is video. Lower cost systems use "shared memory" where the video steals memory (and cycles) from the processor. Cheaper than a separate video card at a performance price. Especially with high-resolution displays. Most motherboards support 4x or 8x AGP video. A good investment. XP also likes a LOT of memory. It will run in 128Meg, better in 256. My latest machine has 512, XP pro, and other than file sharing problems, runs like a bat.

Hope this helps.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old May 28th, 2004, 10:27 PM
renegade600's Avatar
renegade600 renegade600 is offline
CTH Subscriber
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
O/S: Linux
Location: Osceola, Ar
Posts: 26,675
What do you mostly use your computer for?
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old May 28th, 2004, 10:49 PM
jtdoom's Avatar
jtdoom jtdoom is offline
Cyber Tech Help Moderator
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
O/S: Windows 8 Pro
Location: Belgium, East Flanders
Posts: 5,990
I would use the 1.8 northwood, but you had better make sure it is a northwood (478 socket), this one has 512K cache

there is an older version P4 1.8 with only 256K cache (423 socket)

the celeron only has 128K cache.

for real memory intensive numbercrunching, the 1.8 should do better than the cellie
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old May 28th, 2004, 10:51 PM
jtdoom's Avatar
jtdoom jtdoom is offline
Cyber Tech Help Moderator
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
O/S: Windows 8 Pro
Location: Belgium, East Flanders
Posts: 5,990
i wonder wether I could find benchmarks on them two...
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old May 28th, 2004, 11:04 PM
30111987's Avatar
30111987 30111987 is offline
CTH Subscriber
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
O/S: Windows XP Pro
Location: Scotland
Posts: 1,390
of course the alternative is to go athlon
they are much cheaper and put in a good performance (somewhat between celeron and p4 for average computing)
I run an athlon xp 2600+ barton processor on and msi KT4V mobo (agp8x and onboard lan)
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old June 2nd, 2004, 07:02 PM
sandman's Avatar
sandman sandman is offline
New Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 15
Talking

I agree with the # guy. Athlons rock.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old June 3rd, 2004, 01:37 AM
striderider striderider is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: South Central PA
Posts: 163
eh... I've always been partial to pentiums myself. Over AMD that is. I don't know much about celeron vs pentium... but if you have the money, I suggest go for the Pentium.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old June 3rd, 2004, 10:24 AM
guitarist3126 guitarist3126 is offline
New Member
 
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 19
I dont know what you will be using your PC for but its worth noting that you can run celerons with alot less cooling. This means you dont have to have a fan that makes a noise like a leaf blower in your PC I have two PC's, one is P4 2.5Ghz for gaming and one is a Celeron 2.5 Ghz. I use the P4 for gaming and the Celeron for the internet and work. If you are only using your PC for things like internet, work, music or digital video editing then their really isnt much point going for the P4. You might as well spend the money you save by buying a Celeron on some more memory.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Topic Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Topics
Topic Topic Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Intel celeron vs. Cyrix M II? ibmman476 Windows XP 4 January 4th, 2007 07:45 AM
uestions about Intel Celeron D Ed Williams Hardware 5 March 10th, 2006 10:48 PM
Intel Celeron D processors.. Neo_burn Hardware 3 February 18th, 2006 07:35 PM
Intel Celeron M Or Intel Pentium Processeor M? JoEdaGiGGoLo Hardware 2 January 12th, 2006 10:37 PM
intel celeron question Bob Covert Hardware 2 August 3rd, 2003 11:25 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 07:52 AM.