Pentium 4 2.66GHz or Celeron 420?

[Siliconbits]

Assuming you are not planning to improve your rig in a near future (i.e. no upgrades), what CPU would you use as the building block for your computer. A refurbished/working P4 2.66GHz (SL6PE) or a brand new Celeron 420 (they both cost the same price). No overclocking intended ;-) Let me know if there's any comparison that you can point me to. Thanks for your feedback!

 

[zsdersw]

I'd still go with the Celeron 420.

 

[htne]

Are you talking about the Celeron 420 Conroe-L as seen here?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819116040

If so, I would definitely go with the Conroe-L. There is a comparison here of the Conroe-L Celeron at 2.0 ghz against the Celeron D at 3.6 Ghz.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articl...l-preview_3.html#sect1

The obtained results indicate undoubtedly that the transition of Celeron processors to Core micro-architecture will make them considerably faster. Almost in all tests Celeron 440 outperformed Celeron D 365 and in about half of all cases this advantage is more than 20%. Budget processors on Core micro-architecture are showing even higher results in office applications, games and image editing tasks.

Note that besides the higher performance, the upcoming Celeron processor can also boast much lower heat dissipation and power consumption. The typical heat dissipation for the CPU on Conroe-L core will be 35W, while Celeron D processors on 65nm Cedar Mill core feature 65W TDP.

 

[jjmIII]

At least consider an e2140. It goes great with the IP35-E and maybe this DDR2.

What motherboard are you using???

I ask because the Celeron 420 is socket 775, and that P4 is socket 478. Do you have a board? Make sure your new cpu will fit.

 

[jonmcc33]

Originally posted by: Siliconbits
Assuming you are not planning to improve your rig in a near future (i.e. no upgrades), what CPU would you use as the building block for your computer. A refurbished/working P4 2.66GHz (SL6PE) or a brand new Celeron 420 (they both cost the same price). No overclocking intended ;-) Let me know if there's any comparison that you can point me to. Thanks for your feedback!

Depends on what motherboard you have. As pointed out, they use different sockets.

 

[hans007]

i have 2 celeron 420s.

they are great chips for most basic computing uses honestly. saves electricity too. plus any board that supports celeron 420 will support core 2 duo e4xxx so you have a better upgrade path.

 

[dflynchimp]

It used to be that computer enthusiasts balked at the mention of using Celerons.

Situation ain't the same anymore. Conroe-L is proving to be a worthy chip in the ultra-low budget sector. It will whoop a 2.66GHz P4 in pretty much every benchmark plus be lower powered.