sempron vs. celeron?

[lufiron]

I'm looking at the v2000z compaq laptop, vs. other cheap celeron based laptops. is there a real difference in performance? im looking for a laptop for my parents, just for basic web stuff / email, etc. after rebate the v2000z is $400. i've seen other similarly priced celeron based laptops. what do you all think?

 

[DaveSimmons]

Celeron M is decent, not a heat-lamp turtle like the P4 celerons.

For a momputer either the sempron or celeron should be fine, look at memory, disk space, screen size, price to choose between models

 

[soccerballtux]

I'd go for the Sempron. At least you can tweak the processor speed manually that way, and change voltages, etc. Celeron M's won't let you; they run full speed all the time.

 

[magomago]

If price is an issue just go with the cheapest one. Avoid any P4 celerons though as DaveSimmons hit the nail; I just got a notebook based on the Celeron M 380 because cost was my biggest factor and it works fine. I haven't done any gaming, nor do I plan to, but when I tossed an extra gig of ram to bump it to 1.25gigs everything became silky smooth insofar as having a thousand windows open
If you aren't interested in gaming or doing heavy simulations, I would probably look at cost being the main factor, unless the build quality is simply shoddy...but if you were really inerested in gaming, I doubt the processor would hold you back as much as the videocard and you simply don't see a 6800Go paired up with any "lower tier" processor

 

[araczynski]

Generally, the Celeron M's are a better processor then the Semprons.

but I'd still compare the rest of the specs to see which lappy i would go with (although I have no interest in laptops)

 

[w00t]

what about the celeron D's?

 

[unfalliblekrutch]

Originally posted by: w00t
what about the celeron D's?

you wanna avoid those, especially in a laptop. Prescotts run hotter than the prom queen.

 

[unclebud]

my celeron d is a northwood

 

[dexvx]

Celeron-M will kick a Mobile Sempron clock for clock easily and beat it in power consumption tests. Look for AT's budget notebook review for some benchies.

Edit:


URL:

http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=2625&p=12

Ironically, it includes the model you're looking at. I'm assuming you're comparing the Compaq V2000 and V2000Z (Sempron model). From the review, the V2000 (Celeron-M based) matches or beats the V2000Z in every benchmark and has longer battery life at the same price. No brainer here.

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: soccerballtux
I'd go for the Sempron. At least you can tweak the processor speed manually that way, and change voltages, etc. Celeron M's won't let you; they run full speed all the time.

On a Compaq laptop? How do you do that?

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: soccerballtux
I'd go for the Sempron. At least you can tweak the processor speed manually that way, and change voltages, etc. Celeron M's won't let you; they run full speed all the time.

really...? i never heard of that. i thought that if you get a program called "centrino hardware control (now called notebook hardware control)", you can change the voltages of the cpu while in powersave or max performance mode or whatever mode...

 

[unfalliblekrutch]

Originally posted by: corkyg

Originally posted by: soccerballtux
I'd go for the Sempron. At least you can tweak the processor speed manually that way, and change voltages, etc. Celeron M's won't let you; they run full speed all the time.

On a Compaq laptop? How do you do that?

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