What architecture is celeron?

[Carlis]

I need a cheap extra laptop. I saw that HP has the following.

HP 530 15.4" WXGA, Cel M530, 512MB,120GB ,DVD±RW,WLAN

Processor Intel Celeron 530 / 1.86 GHz


Is this a some sort of pentium, or is it core? Is it single ore dual core? Is it 32 or 64 bit???

 

[Cogman]

It is based off the core architecture. Basically Celeron means neutered Intel chip. It is a single core cpu and 64 bit.

 

[Cogman]

I should note that the architecture that any celeron is based on is completely dependent on model. (there are dual core celerons) It is a name brand that is about as old as the pentium name.

 

[taltamir]

celeron is ALL of the intel architectures. Every generation they make a new celeron. which is typically a lower clocked / lower cache varient of the current model.
The way to know what specific celeron you got is to look up the exact model. or in this case ask since cogman already gave you the answer.

 

[zsdersw]

As far as desktop CPUs goes, if it's a Celeron 3xx, it's a Netburst-architecture Celeron. If it's a Celeron 4xx, it's a Core-architecture Celeron.

All dual-core Celerons are Core-architecture chips.

 

[FalseChristian]

Ah, the good ol' Celeron. I remember my 1st one which was a 300a Celeron with 128KB of L2 cache overclocked to 450MHz. That CPU rocked!

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: FalseChristian
Ah, the good ol' Celeron. I remember my 1st one which was a 300a Celeron with 128KB of L2 cache overclocked to 450MHz. That CPU rocked!

The Celeron's haven't been that good in a long time. Thanks to competition between AMD and Intel, the prices on higher end chips are much lower and easily outperform the highly overclocked low end chips.

The old 300A, 333, and 366 Celerons were alright in their day, plus a few of the Celemine versions were decent, but all the Netburst based Celerons were a joke. Today, nobody cares about the Core versions because the prices on real C2Ds/C2Qs/X2s/Phenoms are so much better.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: FalseChristian
Ah, the good ol' Celeron. I remember my 1st one which was a 300a Celeron with 128KB of L2 cache overclocked to 450MHz. That CPU rocked!

The Celeron's haven't been that good in a long time. Thanks to competition between AMD and Intel, the prices on higher end chips are much lower and easily outperform the highly overclocked low end chips.

The old 300A, 333, and 366 Celerons were alright in their day, plus a few of the Celemine versions were decent, but all the Netburst based Celerons were a joke. Today, nobody cares about the Core versions because the prices on real C2Ds/C2Qs/X2s/Phenoms are so much better.

That's not quite true, there are people rocking core cellys and pentiums on here at pretty serious oc's, and in the real world, aside from gaming, I doubt most people would notice the difference...

 

[AleleVanuatu]

LoL the celerons rule. I have two home machines, one Celeron 420 @ 3 GHz (376 FSB x 8) and a Celeron E1200 @ 2.8 GHz (350 FSB x 8).

These things eat games for breakfast! With a 3850/512MB.

I would say that the Celeron 420 @ 3 GHz is the best buy on the market, I can pick these chips up for 35$ brand new. Oh and I run everything stock cooler stock voltage. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!