Help for a new builder

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Hi,
I am trying to choose which processor to get with my new computer and it is between these two. I have little to no knowledge of cpus. Please dont reccomend anything else becuase this is all I have access to. Its going to be used for some gaming and movies and just general use.
Thanks alot

Pros and cons of:
AMD Athlon XP 2800+
and
Intel Celeron D 345 Prescott 3.06 Ghz
 
well, i think the celeron is better as it has a higher FSB and about the same L2 and higher clocks, but if you want to go AMD, im selling an AMD Athlon XP 2GHz
 
Ku-sama said:
well, i think the celeron is better as it has a higher FSB and about the same L2 and higher clocks, but if you want to go AMD, im selling an AMD Athlon XP 2GHz
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whats and fsb and l2 and clocks?
yeah sorry but im just getting into this stuff.
 
Core Clock, FSB:
The core clock is an indication of the speed of the signals entering the processor (i.e., think of it as the speed of the socket the CPU plugs into). This number (sometimes referred to as the front-side-bus or FSB speed) is a number that has significance to overclockers. As of this time of writing, valid (stock) core/FSB clock values are 100, 133, 166, 200 and 266MHz. When buying a CPU/mobo, often the packaging is purposefully deceptive and you will see stuff like FSB800 or FSB1066 or something to that effect. Those numbers are not the FSB but in fact, are the BUS speeds.

The net clock speed of the processor (so for instance with a Pentium4 550 or an Athlon64 3500) is a product of that core/FSB clockspeed multiplied by a scalar. So we have:
Pentium4 550 = 200MHz x 17.0 = 3400MHz
Athlon64 3500 = 200MHz x 11.0 = 2200MHz
 
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