Celeron-D series runs 64 bit?

[SanDiegoPC]

I'm finishing a network upgrade for a client. We built new machines and installed Win7-64bit on the rest of the network. This last one however won't be a new machine I've been asked to update it by adding RAM and changing the OS from XP to Windows 7

I now have 2G of RAM in it and have installed a better graphics card (a used 256MB PCI-e card) so my only question left is, can this machine run x64?

It is going to get Windows7 no matter what but if it can run x64 then that's what I'll put on it.

Thanks for any suggestions.
Paul in San Diego

 

[Skitzer]

The first Celeron to support EM64T, Intel's 64-bit extension set, is the Celeron D 351. The chip is clocked at 3.2 GHz, carries 256 kByte L2 cache, works with a 533 MHZ FSB, comes in a LGA775 package and can be combined with Intel's 915 or 910 PCI Express chipsets. Also shipping with EM64T are the versions 346 (3.06 GHz), 341 (2.93 GHz), 336 (2.8 GHz) and 331 (2.66 GHz). Consumers can recognize the 64-bit processor by their specific model numbers - the numbering system 3x1 and 3x6 is reserved for Celeron Ds with EM64T support.

 

[SanDiegoPC]

Skitzer thank you for the detail in your reply. CPU-z is reporting Celery 341 Prescott.

LGA775 90mm
L2 = 256
533 FSB

Instructions include though, EM64T oddly enough.

But I'm thinkin' though, since the max this HP will hold is 2GB of RAM anyway, the 64-bit OS is kind of a moot point. The more I think about it, the more I think wer'e going to go 32 bit on this one.

I am an anal kinda bloke that likes uniformity....and I wanted to do x64 across the whole network. But as long as I can get a copy of Windows7 Pro 32 I think we'll be just fine.

One more Q: If I can't get 7 Pro 32, I'll get the 64 bit version. If your info above is more accurate than CPU-z is, then I'll have a problem. Will 7 install as 32 bit in that case, or am I going to have an OS package without a home?

 

[Skitzer]

My info on the Celeron D is directly from Intel so it would appear that your CPU is 64 bit capable.
Windows 7 Pro serial will activate either 32 bit or 64 bit versions (Both should be on the disc if you buy retail).
To be honest I personally wouldn't run 64 bit OS with only 2GB ram ...... it will run Ok but I think 32 bit with 2GB will be much snappier.
Good luck to you.

 

[SanDiegoPC]

Thanks mucho the decision's been made to go 32

 

[Arkaign]

I recently had the unfortunate experience of trying to run a 3.06ghz Celeron D with Windows 7 and 4GB of DDR2-667. It was tremendously bad, unexpectedly so.

$20 or so would do wonders for that box with something like this :

http://cgi.ebay.com/INTEL-PENTIUM-D...775-/380288254825?pt=CPUs&hash=item588af24369

 

[pukemon]

Although later Socket 775 Celeron-D and Pentium4-HT chips had x86-64 support, they were often paired with the Intel 945 chipset which could only use 2.99GB even if it had 4GB installed due to hardware limitations on how it mapped memory. Of course the Intel 965 chispet fixed this, but by then the world moved on to Core2...

 

[VirtualLarry]

My info on the Celeron D is directly from Intel so it would appear that your CPU is 64 bit capable.
Windows 7 Pro serial will activate either 32 bit or 64 bit versions (Both should be on the disc if you buy retail).
To be honest I personally wouldn't run 64 bit OS with only 2GB ram ...... it will run Ok but I think 32 bit with 2GB will be much snappier.
Good luck to you.

64-bit Win7 runs just fine in 2GB. I have a couple of laptops with AMD CPUs and AMD graphics, one has 2GB the other has 3GB, both run Win7 HP 64-bit just fine.

 

[fuzzymath10]

64-bit Win7 runs just fine in 2GB. I have a couple of laptops with AMD CPUs and AMD graphics, one has 2GB the other has 3GB, both run Win7 HP 64-bit just fine.

Agreed. I have 2, 3, and 4GB Windows 7 x64 machines and they're all fine. 1GB is probably not such a good idea.

On older machines with enough memory, the reason most of them feel slow in general use is the hard drive.