Why does Intel still make celeron?

[ControlD]

Not every system built demands the highest level of performance. If you are building a NAS box or a simple file server there is no reason to spend a ton of money on a CPU that will never be fully utilized. This is where chips like the Celeron or some of the cheaper AMD APUs really shine. Why spend $100 when a $50 CPU will fit the application just as well?

 

[NXIL]

wow the Celery only supports ddr 1066? That's pathetic. Who would buy this joke of a chip!

Me.

Works great.

Helps with electricity costs (AMD's big disadvantage right now)

YouTube/Videos: no problem whatsoever. No lag/skipping/sound problems.

Runs cool and very quiet. (Where have I heard that before?)

I upgraded from a fine Opteron CPU, the 170--at the time is was awesome.

And costs several times more than this simple Celery did.

No complaints whatsoever......

 

[teh_pwnerer]

Me.

Works great.

Helps with electricity costs (AMD's big disadvantage right now)

YouTube/Videos: no problem whatsoever. No lag/skipping/sound problems.

Runs cool and very quiet. (Where have I heard that before?)

I upgraded from a fine Opteron CPU, the 170--at the time is was awesome.

And costs several times more than this simple Celery did.

No complaints whatsoever......

Seriously this electricity argument is just stupid.

I pay $35 every 2 months for my electric bill. I have my computers running all the time.

Power consumption does not matter unless your girlfriend is spending hours in the bathroom straightening and then blow drying her hair.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Seriously this electricity argument is just stupid.

I pay $35 every 2 months for my electric bill. I have my computers running all the time.

Power consumption does not matter unless your girlfriend is spending hours in the bathroom straightening and then blow drying her hair.

Might be different if you payed 37.5cents per kw/h.

Typical household usage:
Canada: 12,836 kWh per year
US: 10,654 kWh per year
Europe: 4,667 kWh per year
Japan: 5,945 kWh per year

Our household uses around 1050Kw/h a year with all modern appliances plus 2 gaming PCs, 1 HTPC (24/7) and 1 laptop.

The difference here, running say a 3570K 100% loaded 24/7 vs a FX8350, would be 328.5$ a year.

If both idled for a year, 24/7, the difference would be just under 50$ a year.

 

[Greenlepricon]

Also we all know that with a cheaper processor you can get cheaper components as well. Saving $50 on the cpu, you can save $30 on the psu, $10 on the RAM, quite a bit on not needing an aftermarket cooler, a cheaper mobo that doesn't support overclocking or higher clocked ram. In the end you sacrifice some performance, but the cpu is the only thing you'll really notice. Yeah you could do the same thing for a pentium, but with an i3 I would want to spend a little more. If you need anything less than an i5 though, you really won't notice that big a difference between all the low-end processors. If you want a celeron for rendering for work or something, you're obviously looking in the wrong places.

The thing about these enthusiast forums is that everyone is concerned with benchmarks and not what most people spend their time doing. For the casual user, it doesn't matter if rendering a couple of videos a week takes five more minutes than a processor that costs twice as much. They both do the same thing pretty effectively.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

OP is dumb

Some people can't afford nice CPUs like i3s or Pentiums. Hell not even a Gxxx

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Seriously this electricity argument is just stupid.

I pay $35 every 2 months for my electric bill. I have my computers running all the time.

Power consumption does not matter unless your girlfriend is spending hours in the bathroom straightening and then blow drying her hair.

Not really. You must be single. And have money to blow. And you're obviously not a teen like me.

I'd say mid 30s with a job

 

[teh_pwnerer]

Not really. You must be single. And have money to blow. And you're obviously not a teen like me.

I'd say mid 30s with a job

Actually I am a self made millionaire. That doesn't mean I am careless about money. But you guys take this way too far.

 

[ss284]

teh_pwnerer's mom asked me to eat celery before visiting her last night

 

[ss284]

Also, $30 can buy you 120 chicken mcnuggets. It's really not a trivial amount of money.

 

[teh_pwnerer]

Also, $30 can buy you 120 chicken mcnuggets. It's really not a trivial amount of money.

Exactly my point. Why not spend a hair more money and get an i3 which crushes this.

Or get a Phenom 965 which will destroy this thing in everything, but especially multi-threaded work.

I mean this difference isn't a Celeron to a 3570k... $30-35 bucks tops.

 

[Ben90]

Exactly my point. Why not spend a hair more money and get an i3 which crushes this.

Or get a Phenom 965 which will destroy this thing in everything, but especially multi-threaded work.

I mean this difference isn't a Celeron to a 3570k... $30-35 bucks tops.

I don't think you understand the market. A lot of my friends don't even have a computer anymore and rely solely on their smartphone. $30-$35 for something that is only accessing facebook is a big deal for most people.

 

[teh_pwnerer]

I don't think you understand the market. A lot of my friends don't even have a computer anymore and rely solely on their smartphone. $30-$35 for something that is only accessing facebook is a big deal for most people.

$30 and then you need the rest.

Maybe these facebook fruitcakes should stick with their smart phone. Then they can post annoying one liners on the go. I mean they do that already. :thumbsdown:

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Actually I am a self made millionaire. That doesn't mean I am careless about money. But you guys take this way too far.

Self made millionaire. Yet single? I smell another Alky

teh_pwnerer's mom asked me to eat celery before visiting her last night

Lol

Also, $30 can buy you 120 chicken mcnuggets. It's really not a trivial amount of money.

Thats a lot of food

 

[teh_pwnerer]

Self made millionaire. Yet single? I smell another Alky





Lol



Thats a lot of food

If I was married I wouldn't have a cent to my name. Jokes on you kiddo.

 

[zephxiii]

heh if you are concerned about electricity then run a laptop more vs. a desktop.

 

[teh_pwnerer]

Laptops are for noobs I don't use those.

Still waiting for a $450 Celeron build better than a Q8200.

 

[zephxiii]

Laptops are for noobs I don't use those.

Still waiting for a $450 Celeron build better than a Q8200.

wow....lol...okay....

 

[T_Yamamoto]

If I was married I wouldn't have a cent to my name. Jokes on you kiddo.

....you remind me of someone

Laptops are for noobs I don't use those.

Still waiting for a $450 Celeron build better than a Q8200.

Laptops...for noobs.

You're also comparing a quad to a single core.

 

[teh_pwnerer]

....you remind me of someone






Laptops...for noobs.

You're also comparing a quad to a single core.

The Celery is a dual core you lose.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

The Celery is a dual core you lose.

Oh it is? Well you're still comparing a dual to a quad.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Also are you a rbm?

 

[Arachnotronic]

Celeron G530 is awesome for a low power general purpose desktop. Use 'em all the time for friends. They work great and are dirt cheap.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Celeron G530 is awesome for a low power general purpose desktop. Use 'em all the time for friends. They work great and are dirt cheap.

Aside from the lack of overclockability (Which I complained about in my "Intel less value for money" thread a few months back), they ARE nice little CPUs.

Probably about as nice as the E5200 was back in the day, although the E5200 debuted at something around $70 I think. Which, considering that most of them would do 3.5 without issue, was still a good deal.

Lack of cache really affected C2D chips for gaming though. Not so much with modern SB CPUs, ever since Intel put a really efficient IMC onto their CPUs.

 

[teh_pwnerer]

Aside from the lack of overclockability (Which I complained about in my "Intel less value for money" thread a few months back), they ARE nice little CPUs.

Probably about as nice as the E5200 was back in the day, although the E5200 debuted at something around $70 I think. Which, considering that most of them would do 3.5 without issue, was still a good deal.

Lack of cache really affected C2D chips for gaming though. Not so much with modern SB CPUs, ever since Intel put a really efficient IMC onto their CPUs.

A Celeron as a gaming CPU? I hope you are a joking. :thumbsdown: