I have the choice of using the current Processor I'm using(Intel Celeron D, 3.06 GHz) or an Intel Pentium 4 1.80 GHz processor. Which one should I use? I use my computer for gaming a lot, and I play games like World of Warcraft, Counter-Strike: Source, Oblivion, Need for Speed Carbon, etc. Which of the two CPU's would be best for me? The Celeron D is about 2 years old, and the Pentium 4 is probobly 4-5 years old.
Hey, Welcome to hardwareforums MrWaffles! :beer: Pentium 4 1.8 (released July/August 2001) Clockspeed:1800 MHz Front Side Bus: 400 MT/s , 800Mhz (?) L2 Cache: 256 KiB Supports SSE1 & 2 Celeron 345, 345j or 346 (released November/October 2004) Clockspeed: 3066 MHz (1.26 Ghz Faster than the Pentium) Front Side Bus: 533 MT/s , 1066 MHz (?) (266 MHz faster) L2 Cache: 256 KiB (equal) Supports SSE1, 2 & 3 (The Pentium does not support SSE3) I would use the Celeron PS MT/s stands for MegaTransfers a second. 1 MT/s = one million transfers per second. In your system, i *think* 1 MT/s = 2 Mhz! Hence why the FSB speeds in MHz are marked (?) References List of Intel Pentium 4 microprocessors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of Intel Celeron microprocessors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia MT/s: Megatransfer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia SSE: Streaming SIMD Extensions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [ot] Was it a Xmas present by any chance? [/ot]
Thanks for the info. ^^ And no, it wasn't a Christmas present, I found it in one of my old computers in my garage. How much do you think a new Pentium 4 socket 478 would be in US dollars?
I would have a look around on ebay and the US Retails listed HERE , or you could go about it another way. buy yourself a case, motherboard, RAM and hard disc! and you've got yourself a machine that would make a nice server! unfortunately, If you where looking to sell it here (In the Buy / Sell / Trade) Forums you would have to hang around for awhile (you need 50 posts for access, and spamming gets you banned ). It would be great to see another regular member though [ot] great username btw [/ot]
Yeah, I'll look around Ebay and that site you gave me, I really need a new processor lol. I have bought myself a new case, a new video card, 2 new moniters, a new motherboard, a new heatsink, 1gb of ram, a new powersupply, new fans, new wires, a new CD/DVD RW drive, and a new 200gb 7200 rpm hard drive. I put them all together myself(w00t for me) and now I just need a new processor lol. Mine is too old and crappy to sell most likely, though. Thanks for the links though. :chk: I will probably be sticking around these forums hehe. Also: Thanks , your name is pretty cool too. ^^ (You have to teach me how to do that Offtopic box lol.)
You can find a summery of vB code HERE to make a off-topic box, use the following code! PHP: [OT]Comment Here[/OT] thats good to hear PS you can make quote boxes like this: PHP: [QUOTE] or [QUOTE=Title goes here (normally a username)]Quote goes here[QUOTE]
If the P4 is skt 478 it could be both the Willamette or the Northwood. Both had a 400mhz FSB, the northwood had 512kb L2 cache. Most of the northwoods will overclock to 2.4ghz too. The 1.8 Northwood was a popular processor because it was cheap and a good overclocker. The Celly is surely faster.
