The Celeron Processor

Xwardos · 10-26-2009, 08:24 AM

a small review...

The Intel Celeron processor was always designed to be a low-cost alternative to the Pentium processor line. It is much like a car company that offers various priced cars from the luxury sedan to the economy compact. The Celeron is simply a downgraded Pentium, that almost anyone can afford (it is essentially the compact). To begin, Celeron chips have a smaller L2 cache 9128kb compared with 512kb in the Pentium 4 Northwood, which translates into slower processing speeds. In fact, current Celerons have a clock speed limit of about 2.0GHz, where as the Pentium for is capable of speed in excess of 3.0GHz. In addition, the Pentium runs at a lower core voltage because it is more energy effecient (1.75V vs. 1.5V).

does anyone agree with me on this?

**The_Other_One** · 10-26-2009, 08:39 AM

I don't see what there is to agree with. You're stating primarilly facts. The facts are also tremendously dated seeing as the celeron's today run on new architecture and are actually reasonably decent

I know I'm very surprised with the Celeron in my mothers laptop.

87dtna · 10-26-2009, 01:10 PM

Yeah thats old socket 478 stuff. The new socket 775 celeron's are pretty darn good since they are wolfdale core's. The only difference is less Cache, which is not much difference. The celeron's have 1mb, the Pentium DC's have 2mb, and core 2 duo's have atleast 3mb.
The E3200 celeron dual core is great bang for the buck. Although, the E5200 pentium dc raised in price since the release of the E3200 which is a bunch of crap. The E5200 used to be $52, now the celeron 3200 is that price and the 5200 is $67.

linkin93 · 10-26-2009, 01:38 PM

speakers of processors, there's a new wolfdale based cpu: E5300... basically an E5200 with higher clocks and cache i think...

anyway, i've never liked the celery processors.

voyagerfan99 · 10-26-2009, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linkin93

speakers of processors, there's a new wolfdale based cpu: E5300... basically an E5200 with higher clocks and cache i think...

anyway, i've never liked the celery processors.

Had a 1.0Ghz in my old Dell Dimension 2100. What a joke

linkin93 · 10-26-2009, 06:35 PM

i'm guessing it was the performance of a pentium 2?

87dtna · 10-26-2009, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linkin93

speakers of processors, there's a new wolfdale based cpu: E5300... basically an E5200 with higher clocks and cache i think...

anyway, i've never liked the celery processors.

Same cache-2mb, 100mhz faster than the E5200.

Nothing wrong with the latest celeron processors as long as they have wolfdale cores they will perform not even noticeably different than the pentium dual cores.

spynoodle · 10-30-2009, 05:01 AM

Yeah, the celeron e3200 seems like a very good CPU based on a Price/Power ratio. Also, in passmark's cpu benchmarks (www.cpubenchmark.net) The e3200 gets a score at around the same place as the Pentium DC e5200, which I used to use. The e3200 gets a 1394, and the e5200 gets a 1630. Pretty close.

ganzey · 10-30-2009, 05:09 AM

um, sure, i agree.

10-26-2009, 08:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
Xwardos Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 27 Posts: 105	The Celeron Processor a small review... The Intel Celeron processor was always designed to be a low-cost alternative to the Pentium processor line. It is much like a car company that offers various priced cars from the luxury sedan to the economy compact. The Celeron is simply a downgraded Pentium, that almost anyone can afford (it is essentially the compact). To begin, Celeron chips have a smaller L2 cache 9128kb compared with 512kb in the Pentium 4 Northwood, which translates into slower processing speeds. In fact, current Celerons have a clock speed limit of about 2.0GHz, where as the Pentium for is capable of speed in excess of 3.0GHz. In addition, the Pentium runs at a lower core voltage because it is more energy effecient (1.75V vs. 1.5V). does anyone agree with me on this? __________________ eh-hazard

10-26-2009, 08:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 25 Posts: 13,409	I don't see what there is to agree with. You're stating primarilly facts. The facts are also tremendously dated seeing as the celeron's today run on new architecture and are actually reasonably decent I know I'm very surprised with the Celeron in my mothers laptop. __________________ Primary- i7 920 \| 6GB RAM \| 9800GT \| 160+160+500GB Secondary- Athlon X2 4200 \| 2GB RAM \| 7600GT \| 80+250GB Netbook - Atom N280 \| 2GB RAM \| GMA945\| 160GB

10-26-2009, 01:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
87dtna Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: PA Age: 24 Posts: 656	Yeah thats old socket 478 stuff. The new socket 775 celeron's are pretty darn good since they are wolfdale core's. The only difference is less Cache, which is not much difference. The celeron's have 1mb, the Pentium DC's have 2mb, and core 2 duo's have atleast 3mb. The E3200 celeron dual core is great bang for the buck. Although, the E5200 pentium dc raised in price since the release of the E3200 which is a bunch of crap. The E5200 used to be $52, now the celeron 3200 is that price and the 5200 is $67. __________________ Matt ''The beatings will continue until morale improves'' Main rig- AMD Phenom II 550 unlocked to B50 quad@3.8ghz, Antec 200 case, Gigabyte MA785GMT-UD2H board, 4gb G.Skill DDR3-1600 ram, EVGA gts250 GPU, OCZ 700w PSU, 2x dvd burners, seagate 640gb HDD 7200.11, Windows 7 RC.

10-26-2009, 01:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
linkin93 Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NSW, Australia Age: 16 Posts: 2,344	speakers of processors, there's a new wolfdale based cpu: E5300... basically an E5200 with higher clocks and cache i think... anyway, i've never liked the celery processors. __________________ System CM Storm Scout - Asus P5N-E SLI - Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 3.02Ghz - 2x1GB Corsair XMS2 @ 900mhz - Sapphire HD 3870 - WD 250GB Caviar SE16 - SHAW 860W - Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Perhiprials Logitech G5 Mouse - Logitech R-10 Speakers - Targus Keyboard - HP L1470 17" 1280x1024 Monitor

10-26-2009, 06:35 PM	#6 (permalink)
linkin93 Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NSW, Australia Age: 16 Posts: 2,344	i'm guessing it was the performance of a pentium 2? __________________ System CM Storm Scout - Asus P5N-E SLI - Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 3.02Ghz - 2x1GB Corsair XMS2 @ 900mhz - Sapphire HD 3870 - WD 250GB Caviar SE16 - SHAW 860W - Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Perhiprials Logitech G5 Mouse - Logitech R-10 Speakers - Targus Keyboard - HP L1470 17" 1280x1024 Monitor

10-30-2009, 05:01 AM	#8 (permalink)
spynoodle New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 11	Yeah, the celeron e3200 seems like a very good CPU based on a Price/Power ratio. Also, in passmark's cpu benchmarks (www.cpubenchmark.net) The e3200 gets a score at around the same place as the Pentium DC e5200, which I used to use. The e3200 gets a 1394, and the e5200 gets a 1630. Pretty close.

10-30-2009, 05:09 AM	#9 (permalink)
ganzey Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: belvidere, Illinois Age: 16 Posts: 666	um, sure, i agree. __________________ When I walk through the shadow of the valley of death I will fear no evil, cause I'm the biggest son of a b*tch in the Valley

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