Is the celeron 1.7mhz good for overclocking?

[amdwolfman]

INTEL® CELERON(TM) PGA478 PROCESSOR 1.7GHZ CPU 128K L2 CACHE (400 FSB) 165

I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with these cpu's?,,,if so tell me about them pls.,,,tyia

 

[imported_zenwhen]

This is a P4 Willy with even less cache.

I havent seen too many try to overclock it... you may want to try google.... but the overclocking potential of the Willy core has already been proven.

Its not all that hot.

 

[Wingznut]

Anand got his up to 2.26ghz. (Anand's review)

But if given the choice, I'd take a Northwood over a Celeron any day.

 

[Goi]

I don't think you'd be able to find a celeron 1.7mhz though

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

Anand got his up to 2.26ghz. (Anand's review)

But if given the choice, I'd take a Northwood over a Celeron any day.


No doubt. Just look at the numbers that the Celeron posted on that review. Pretty weak, especially at gaming and any form of rendering. You're much better off getting a Northwood or Athlon XP.



I don't think you'd be able to find a celeron 1.7mhz though

Yeah, Newegg has it now for $90. They're also selling XP 1600+ for $60. Looking at that review the Athlon would be the better chip to get.

 

[Goi]

erm...ok, now I feel like Dr Evil with one of his jokes lost in a bunch of freakin' idiots

What I said was,

I don't think you'd be able to find a celeron 1.7mhz though

 

[Wingznut]

Wow, Starcutter... I think Goi just called you a "freakin' idiot"! :Q

What do you think of that?

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

Ehh...sorry Goi I guess you should have winked instead of smiled.


I mean after all, ignorance is bliss...right?

 

[Rand]

From the reviews it seems to overclock very well... but even when heavily overclocked it's performance is still rather lackluster. One could get an AthlonXP 1600+ for a fair bit less, and even at default clockspeeds it'll consistently outperform the 1.7Ghz Celeron overclocked to 2.3+GHz.

My opinion: If your on a budget grab an AthlonXP, even at stock clockspeeds it'll easily beat out the Celeron. If you want to go with Intel then I'd STRONGLY suggest spending the extra on a Northwood.

 

[amdwolfman]

Thx everyone,I'm going to stick with AMD. I was just wondering about 1.7 celery cuzz of price. AMD all the way.thx again

 

[merlocka]

Originally posted by: Rand


My opinion: If your on a gudget grab an AthlonXP, even at stock clockspeeds it'll easily beat out the Celeron. If you want to go with Intel then I'd STRONGLY suggest spending the extra on a Northwood.

I went on a gudget once, and I'm still walking with a limp.

 

[DieHardware]

Ahhh...1.7MHz Celeron...true gudget performance.