How come nobody has a Celron processor?

a couple of things are wrong with them, nothing that makes them unusable though. If you can get a celeron that runs a fourth faster then a pentium 4 and its at your price range, get it because it will run a little faster then the similarly priced p4. I think the code sets, voltage, and pins are different. not sure though.

My old computer that I was still using until last week is a Celeron. I have no complaints about it other than it was very old a dreadfully slow.  It was some 5 years old, a Celeron 333 or something like that.  Never had a complaint about it, ran very well.

The main difference between Celerons and P4's is the Bus speed and L2 cache. A P4 has 512kb L2 cache while the Celeron only has 128kb. The newer P4's have a 533mhz FSB while the Celeron is at 400mhz. Also the newer P4's have 2mb L3 cache and Hyper-Transport blah blah...so basically it's a matter of performance. If I were you Joe, I would look at the Athalons rather than the Celeron's...you will probably get more for your money...

and pins are different. not sure though

pins are not different. But the celeron lacks the perfomance of the P4 and the hyperthreading as well.

The newer P4's have a 533mhz

actually they have a 800 mhz fsb (hyperthreading) ask jafo he knows.

If I were you Joe, I would look at the Athalons rather than the Celeron's...you will probably get more for your money...

actually try the new FX series chips from AMD. awesome chips.

I was thinking about the AMD but I don't have an account with any company that sells them.

My Mom is going to help me out with her Dell account so I am pretty much stuck with Dell (not that its bad, Dell makes some good computers)


I just need the cheapest computer to hold me for the next year until I can buy what I want. The Celrons seam to be ok but I hardly EVER here anyone talk about them.

I know I am buying a piece of junk computer but I want it to be the best piece of junk.

give me a second to find it. I remember seeing somewhere dell was selling a computer in the 500 dollar price range.

here: http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/advertised_dimen?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

I have a Centrino on my laptop, which is much better than a celeron. Wireless internet, woot.

Also I want it to run WindowBlinds, DesktopX (relativly smooth), and SkinStudio along with Photoshop.

I am going to need those programs in order to do my projects. So I figured I need 256 RAM.

I had a Pentuim 3 500mhz with 256 RAM and everything ran nicely. (and that was 2 years ago)

So I figured a Celron could do the job since it has been years since the last time I checked it out. If I end up with a Pentuim I know I don't need the fastest.

look at my link. the first one on the left has a free upgrade to 256 ram.

Thanks 1/4
I saw that one.

Although right now it seems that Dell.com is down for what ever reason.

Guess I'll order it tomorrow.


GASP!!! On e the computer I am on now it takes some web pages 30 seconds to render... literally.

its not down for me, but then I never tried to order anything

Got a 2.2ghz celeron on my desktop here...no problems.

Thanks guys. I think I will order it now.

All of my work has basically come to a stand still including my website.




I have to get something soon.

P4's have a 533mhz

Intel made one 3.06Ghz cpu with 533MHz with hyperthreading before jumping to 800mhz. I know I'm one of the idiots that bought it Who new that they would jump to another busspeed so quickly

Performance for price...I'd go AMD. Doesn't Dell sell some computers with AMD CPU's?
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Isn't Dell offering a $600 Dimension 2400 with a P4, CD-burner and LCD flatpanel upgrade? Excuse me for watching TV =P

I Got my dimension 2350 in May and its great, I have a P4 though, couldn't live without it. My grandma has the same computer with a Celeron and I'm scared as to how long it takes to open that start menu..heh

Ah yes, check out

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/advertised_dimen?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

the model all the way to the left, only $500!

Pentium® 4 Processor at 2.40GHz with 533MHz front side bus

Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition

FREE 2nd Bay DVD Burner!

FREE 256MB Memory Upgrade - Online Only!
neato

I just installed a 2.5 GHz Celeron last weekend, upgraded from a 1.1 GHz AMD Duron and all I have to say is WOW! What a difference. I am very pleased with it. I have 768 MB of DDR 2700 RAM and I think my comp is flying. I used to have trouble with Desktop X and now I don't. They are extremely cheap and well worth the money.

CPU cache is the expensive bit....hence the difference between a Celeron and a Pentium.

Usually the most economical plan when buying a comp, or an upgrade is to go for SECOND best, and not PREMIUM....eg the P4 3.0c 800fsb will be a better value than the 3.2c 800....worked out about 25% cheaper when I got mine....same goes for most other things, though MoBo choice is more about what features you need, eg Serial ATA, Raid, etc....

i have a food processor, an AMD processor, but no celerons

remember seeing somewhere dell was selling a computer in the 500 dollar price range.

If you're budget minded , and don't mind refurb, Dell has a great "outlet" link on their website. Last spring I got my dimension 2300 there for $420.. They upgrade the refurbs to the best possible configuration, so you get a great deal. I couldn't be happier with it. The computer I had before this one was a celeron, and I didn't notice any great lack of speed beyond what the ram allowed for (only had 128m) But with the dell I got a p4, with 256m ram and a great graphics card for the price.

I remember way back when amd & celeron were considered unstable. I didn't notice any instability in my celeron, but it is probably one of the second generation processors.

Performance for price...I'd go AMD. Doesn't Dell sell some computers with AMD CPU's?

Sadly no. I wish. in fact I hung up with a customer service rep from dell the other day because he got quite mean when I asked about AMD.

That said, I own a Dell.

I know my athalon 2700 blows by my friends P4 (and he paid 5 times what I did), and I don't even have the right ram in it.