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#1 OFFLINE   LEEnoble

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Posted 05 February 2006 - 01:41 AM

Would upgrading from a Celeron 1.8Ghz CPU to a P4 1.7Ghz have any noticeable improvement on speed at all? :)
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Posted 05 February 2006 - 01:54 AM

View PostLEEnoble, on Feb 4 2006, 07:41 PM, said:

Would upgrading from a Celeron 1.8Ghz CPU to a P4 1.7Ghz have any noticeable improvement on speed at all? :)
I doubt it. I think the only difference between a Celeron and a Pentium processor is the amount of cache; a P4 has more than a Celeron, which is why it is more expensive. But since you would be taking a 100 Mhz hit in clock speed, I bet you wouldn't come out too much faster, if faster at all.

Are you thinking of buying this P4 as an upgrade? If so, I would recommend shelling out a few extra bucks and going with at least something in the 2.5 Ghz range.


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Posted 05 February 2006 - 03:57 AM

Im limited on what I can upgrade to as my Celeron is Socket 478 with 400FSB and I understand that only low end P4's have thoughs specs.

On another note, I've found a Celeron 2.4Ghz, I wonder if that would be worth it.

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Posted 05 February 2006 - 04:13 PM

Grrrrr... me no like Intel...me like AMD =)
I have an AMD 2400+ equivelent, and it's very good, plays most games, does most apps pretty quickly. It's not top-of-the-line (The newest AMD dual core literally has two of them), but it provides plenty of basic functionality.

If you are thinking about upgrading in the future, consider getting a 939 socket motherboard.

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Posted 05 February 2006 - 08:16 PM

View Postzaphirer, on Feb 5 2006, 04:13 PM, said:

Grrrrr... me no like Intel...me like AMD =)
I have an AMD 2400+ equivelent, and it's very good, plays most games, does most apps pretty quickly. It's not top-of-the-line (The newest AMD dual core literally has two of them), but it provides plenty of basic functionality.

If you are thinking about upgrading in the future, consider getting a 939 socket motherboard.

That is not what this topic is about.
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