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[Solved] Which CPU should I use?

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I have two CPUs. I have installed both and printed a report. Which one do you think I should use. It is P4 vs Celeron. Below are the reports. I am not sure if there is any andavantage of one over the other. Is it even worth considering?


*******First CPU*******
CPU Properties:
CPU Type Intel Celeron D 340
CPU Alias Prescott-256
CPU Stepping D0
Engineering Sample No
CPUID CPU Name Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.93GHz
CPUID Revision 00000F34h

CPU Speed:
CPU Clock 2932.56 MHz (original: 2933 MHz)
CPU Multiplier 22.0x
CPU FSB 133.30 MHz (original: 133 MHz)
Memory Bus 133.30 MHz

CPU Cache:
L1 Trace Cache 12K Instructions
L1 Data Cache 16 KB
L2 Cache 256 KB (On-Die, ECC, ATC, Full-Speed)

*****SECOND CPU*****

CPU Properties:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4
CPU Alias Northwood, A80532
CPU Stepping D1
Engineering Sample No
CPUID CPU Name Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz
CPUID Revision 00000F29h

CPU Speed:
CPU Clock 2665.95 MHz (original: 2667 MHz)
CPU Multiplier 20.0x
CPU FSB 133.30 MHz (original: 133 MHz)
Memory Bus 133.30 MHz

CPU Cache:
L1 Trace Cache 12K Instructions
L1 Data Cache 8 KB
L2 Cache 512 KB (On-Die, ECC, ATC, Full-Speed)

Celerons have less cache and is culled out of the production batch and not deemed worthy of carrying the title of P4/Core 2 Duo as they can't process data as efficiently as their P4/Core 2 Duo counterparts.

 

If you are gaming, rendering or crunching hard data you don't want the Celeron but if all you are going to be doing is getting on the internet and checking emails the Celeron is plenty...

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P4 > Celeron.

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Celerons have less cache and is culled out of the production batch and not deemed worthy of carrying the title of P4/Core 2 Duo as they can't process data as efficiently as their P4/Core 2 Duo counterparts.

 

If you are gaming, rendering or crunching hard data you don't want the Celeron but if all you are going to be doing is getting on the internet and checking emails the Celeron is plenty...


Message edited by englandr753 on 09-05-2009 at 08:21:45 AM
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The chips are almost the same. I doubt you'd see any difference between the two. The P4 has the same FSB, a couple hundred less MHz, but double the L2 cache. The presscott also has slightly less IPC. If you bench marked both, they would be very similar. In this case, P4 ~ Celeron.

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P4 would be faster in your case.

But both are good only for 5 year old games and surfing,Music and movies.

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