which is better.

[deerman92]

I want to buy a new mother board and if i can get a decent combo deal with a CPU that would be great. I am not looking for anything fancy. What is better my intel Celeron D 2.8GHZ or an Athlon 64 3200 + 2.2GHz processor. I really don't know the difference or how to tell.

 

[2048Megabytes]

What is your price limit? Here is some decent hardware that will be much faster than your current setup that doesn't cost a lot:

AMD Athlon II 240 Regor Dual-Core (2.8 gigahertz) Processor - $59
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103688

GIGABYTE GA-MA78LM-S2H Motherboard - $60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128408&Tpk=GA-MA78LM-S2H

G.SKILL 2 gigabytes (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) RAM - $49
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...084&cm_re=DDR2_800_2gb-_-20-231-084-_-Product

Edit: The Single-Core Athlon 3200+ is faster than any Celeron D, but those are both pretty slow processors. I would look at an Athlon II Dual-Core Processor. They are much faster than any Celeron D or Single-Core Athlon first generation processor.

 

[87dtna]

For $3 more I'd get the 245-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103687



Just to give an intel comparison of the system 2048megabytes put up-

CPU- E3200 wolfdale core celeron dual core- $53

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116265

G41 gigabyte socket 775 motherboard- $65

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128388

2x1gb of G.skill ram- $50

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231098


But the Athlon II setup will probably be better if you are not an overclocker at all. The E3200 is a great overclocker, I got one to 4.2ghz on air. I've owned an Athlon II 245 and it maxxed out at 3.8ghz.