which cpu better for me?

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rubin

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i dont play much games but i do use solidworks (like CAD program) so its important that that runs smoothly. it ran fine on my old 900mhz AMD system just a lil low on memory sometimes. i found an AMD sempron2300 system for $280 and a celeron 2.0 for $300. if im not mistaken the 2300 is like about a 1.5Ghz cpu???? please advise me
 
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I dont know which would be better specificaly for the program, but over all I would have to say IMO a Sempron is better then any of the three Celerons i have had in the past, They run, "choppy",but maybe in your case it would be better,I'm not totaly positice, wait for more responsews to make your final choice.
 
go for sempron, it runs at 1.58GHz, has 166MHz FSB, 256KB L2 cache, and even the lower frequency then celeron it is much faster, dont' buy celeron
 
cheaper too :)

its just that i read that AMD is better for gaming where as intel is better for work. and since both are entry level systems.... i dunno
anyways the AMD seems to be the way to go
 
boo celeron yay sempron sempron will usually kick celerons ass. it should be better for what u what u want to do
 
ok i ordered up the sempron. i got a good deal by giving them my old comp and theyre gonna replace the psu, mothaboard, pcu n RAM (cause i had sdram in my olod one) n keep the cdrom, video etc.

thing is they said they wont install the hardware. i assume its just the motherboard. so how do i do that? i assume i just put in the install disk, boot up n it'll be step by step from there
 
Do you mean they won't install the software? Or do you actaully need to physically secure the motherboard inside the case?
 
no just the software

i know how to boot up the HD and install windows but do i need to do anything before that?

edit: also i forgot to ask them about the video card but its onboard so how good do u assume it'd be? like 64mb?
 
um, i bet they mean install drivers......? in that case they should have instructions for that with w/e u get.
 
Just slide the HD in the spot(easy to find) then you will want to plug the IDE cable into the motherbored and the HD(also easy to spot) then when your computer boots, you want to put your windows CD in the CD-rom drive, and go into your bio's and tell it to boot from CD. then it's easy from there.
 
rubin said:
i know how to boot up the HD and install windows but do i need to do anything before that?
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i said i KNOW how to boot up the HD and install windows. do i need to install the motherboard somehow?? or is the hd all i need to worry about?
 
i said i KNOW how to boot up the HD and install windows. do i need to install the motherboard somehow?? or is the hd all i need to worry about?
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Physically you'll have to mount everything together, once the OS is installed though you only really need to install the chipset and peripheral drivers (see the CD or the maker's website)
 
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