Duron vs Celeron

[Rimnet]

I know very little about the two chips and wish to know which one is better. What is your opinion. I am trying to make a super cheap computer for my mother which has the cheapest of cheap stuff since she only needs to use it for basic things.

 

[nick1985]

derrrrrrr-on

 

[Rimnet]

thats what i thought. AMD rulez =)

 

[ProviaFan]

And another vote for the Duron. A Duron will generally kick the posterior of a Celeron that has a significantly higher MHz than itself in my experience.

 

[holdencommodore]

You'll be able to build a Duron rig very cheaply. I'm running a Duron 1200 @ 1333MHz , and in the SiSoft benchies, it easily overtakes a Athlon 1200, and in most cases in day-to-day usage, I find it comparable to a XP 1500+. Certainly will be fine for basic needs, and much more.

Cheers

 

[microAmp]

Duron....

 

[human2k]

Originally posted by: motoamd
Duron....

 

[Rimnet]

what is a good mobo to go with a 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3 duron? i want something with onboard audio and video. cheap is good, screw quality

 

[BmXStuD]

they own if u got ddr ram! the newer one not hte 700mhz ones and crap. I got the 1300

 

[holdencommodore]

Maybe a cheap nForce from Asus (A7N266-VM) or VIA KM266 (Gigabyte 7VKML)? At the dirt cheap end, you could choose from a ECS (forget model number - the one with the SiS 740 chipset), or the PCChips PC266 (SiS 730)... though the Asus or gigabyte will be better.

Cheers

 

[dexvx]

You guys are underestimating the Tualatin Celeron. They have shown that they can stand up to a duron, clock for clock.

However, anything that is non-tualatin celeron, then the duron would better.

 

[splice]

Originally posted by: dexvx
You guys are underestimating the Tualatin Celeron. They have shown that they can stand up to a duron, clock for clock.

However, anything that is non-tualatin celeron, then the duron would better.

That is true, but the upgrade path is limited for the S370. With a duron setup you could upgrade to a faster Athlon later.

Anyways, it probably would make a difference in Rimnet's case because it's only going to be used for basic stuff. Either Celeron or Duron will work fine.

If you do go the Duron route, make sure you get a nice quiet 80MM heatsink/fan setup.

 

[InFecTed]

Duron with good DDR mainboard is an ok machine. But the price difference with XP's is minimal. Not worth saving some 20$.

 

[DannyBoy]

Duron! Duron! Duron!


AMD! AMD! AMD! AMD!


/me shuts up now...

Dan

 

[0roo0roo]

if you already have a bx board, a tually celly might be nice. but an athlon xp 2000+ and m/b combo at frys generally doesn't cost more then 99 bux now days, so u don't save much by going duron now it seems.

 

[Shalmanese]

Whichevers cheaper. You could pick up an old nForce1 mobo or a Via KM chipset for the Duron or whatever has integrated video for the celeron.

 

[Hawaiian2002]

For a cheap good motherboard I would go with the Biostar M7VIG pro. It has onboard prosavage video, 6 channel sound, lan, usb2 and can handle sdram and ddr. It also has an AGP slot for future video upgrades. I have used the M7VIG (non-pro version) for many systems and have had no problems. Best of all you can get it really cheap ($59 free fedex saver shipping at TCWO).

 

[amdskip]

duron

 

[majewski9]

Originally posted by: dexvx
You guys are underestimating the Tualatin Celeron. They have shown that they can stand up to a duron, clock for clock.

However, anything that is non-tualatin celeron, then the duron would better.

Duron still won every review I read. The willmette Celly is an abosulte joke. They clocked a 2ghz wilmy Celeron all the way to 3 ghz and it still got beat by an Athlon XP 1700. The Tualatin Celly is very nice and cheap. I recommend either the 1.4 ghz Celly or the 1.3 ghz Duron. I would go with the Duron simply because its socket A and you can upgrade further down the road to a barton or something. Epox 8RDA + Duron 1.3 = cheap super stable rig for under 160$ or ECS k7S5A + Duron 1.3 = sub 100 dollar rig that is also pretty good but not as good as Nforce2!

 

[spanky]

duron

 

[FishTankX]

I'd say whatever is the cheapest mobo+CPU combo you can find. You can find a good deal on Celeron+810 around now..

Anything stable (AMD, Nvidia, SiS, Possibly VIA) will do fine. Even a Celeron 500 could handle webbrowsing, word processing..

Then spend the rest on RAM.

 

[acid16]

Look into the ECS K7SOM motherboard. It is truly one of the best boards for budget users. It runs at around $80 US, and it has:

Built-In Processor (Duron 1400+ (950MHz)!!!!!!)
Built-In Video (64MB shared)
Built-In Audio
Built-In Lan

I built a comp for my step-dad using this and the total cost was so cheap. Just add 256mb of cheap PC133 SDRam for $30, a 20GB hard drive for $70, Case and 300W PSU for $40 and a Cd-Rom for $25 and you've got yourself a comp for under $250 that your mom will love Good luck!.

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: Rimnet
what is a good mobo to go with a 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3 duron? i want something with onboard audio and video. cheap is good, screw quality

Asus (A7N266-VM). ABout 70 something dollars at newegg. Onboard geforce2mx, onboard audio, onboad lan. Cheap and pretty fast.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: spankyOO7
duron

a friend bought a Dell(did not get to her intime to save her from herself..) 23xx series w/ a P4 based Celly 1.7 w/single 128mb ram(yes..not gonna be fair here.. ) ..her mom who has a 533 Celly/320mb ..watched it boot up and do stuff..she was like..It's not much faster than what I got now ...but her mom definitely noticed my dad's 750 Duron machine was seemingly just as quick..and booted to Windows quicker(his box is only 128mb single stick)
..yeah my dad needs an upgrade but he's tight w/ his $

 

[Cerb]

If you do go the Duron route, make sure you get a nice quiet 80MM heatsink/fan setup.

Here I agree.
Coolermaster HAC-V81.
Not amazing, but for $18 (newegg), it's probably the best (the main thing being that with the duron, you dial it down to min and leave it) for the cheap and quiet comprimise.