Hi there.
My PC has a Celeron-D 326 CPU overclocked at 3.8 GHz (giving it roughly the same power as an AMD Athlon 64 3200-3400). I'm looking for a CPU exchange for the least ammount of money possible, but with the cost-benefict ratio in mind. My two options are:
Intel Celeron-D 356 (the new 65nm with 512k cache Celerons), overclockable at 5 GHz
or
Pentium D 805, overclockable in my board at 3.6 GHz
Given the fact that the Pentium D costs a little more than the double of the Celeron (110$ vs 50$), the Celeron uses less power and generates less heat (my cooler is an humble Thermaltake Golden Orb II), that I have a limited budget and I don't really do lots of multitasking, I focus on games, video encoding and office applications, it it worth the leap to dual core and get the Pentium D? Or should I take the Celeron, that will not stress as much my PSU, will run cooler and will overclock more easily (my board doesn't support vcore change, I know the Celeron 356 can hit 5 GHz with stock voltage, but the P805 doesn't go over 3.6 GHz).
In short, is the Pentium D worh the double of the money? Is it likely that it could beat a 5 GHz Celeron D operating at only 3.6 GHz? Please give me your oppinions. Thanks in advance.
My PC has a Celeron-D 326 CPU overclocked at 3.8 GHz (giving it roughly the same power as an AMD Athlon 64 3200-3400). I'm looking for a CPU exchange for the least ammount of money possible, but with the cost-benefict ratio in mind. My two options are:
Intel Celeron-D 356 (the new 65nm with 512k cache Celerons), overclockable at 5 GHz
or
Pentium D 805, overclockable in my board at 3.6 GHz
Given the fact that the Pentium D costs a little more than the double of the Celeron (110$ vs 50$), the Celeron uses less power and generates less heat (my cooler is an humble Thermaltake Golden Orb II), that I have a limited budget and I don't really do lots of multitasking, I focus on games, video encoding and office applications, it it worth the leap to dual core and get the Pentium D? Or should I take the Celeron, that will not stress as much my PSU, will run cooler and will overclock more easily (my board doesn't support vcore change, I know the Celeron 356 can hit 5 GHz with stock voltage, but the P805 doesn't go over 3.6 GHz).
In short, is the Pentium D worh the double of the money? Is it likely that it could beat a 5 GHz Celeron D operating at only 3.6 GHz? Please give me your oppinions. Thanks in advance.
