I just purchased a dell with a Intel® Celeron® D Processor 325 (2.53 GHz, 533 FSB) and was wondering if anyone else had this kind of processor. I am used to Pentium IIII's but this is more affordable.
2006-08-29 15:56:03 · 5 answers · asked by Amanda 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
It goes like this Xenon>Pentium>Celeron for the different chipsets. The main difference is in the amount of L2 cashe memory. Having a smaller L2 cashe makes the processor have to wait more often and longer. 2.53 GHz is fine for average use, but not really good for gaming. It will work for you as long as you aren't planning on playing the newest games constantly, especially on higher settings.
I forgot to add, if you are doing complex drawings, picture/movie editing, math problems, science, or engineering, then it wouldn't be the best choice either. As far as for the money though, it is probably pretty good.
2006-08-29 16:07:26 · answer #1 · answered by albinopolarbear 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Celerons are crap for the most part. They are the cheapest excuse for a processor that will keep a computer running so it can be sold cheap. They may do well enough for very simple, basic tasks, but that's about it. They are horrible at multitasking. Horrible for gaming. And generally have a tendency to freeze up on you every so often.
A brand new Celeron is NOT better than a good processor from 3 years ago. A 3 year old AMD Athlon processor will destroy a new Celeron in any and every task. Heck, my four year old laptop with a 1.1 GHZ AMD Duron processor is still faster than the 1.8 GHz Celerons they use at my work.
2006-08-30 01:11:58 · answer #2 · answered by taskr36 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The answer to these types of questions is always "it depends on what you plan on doing with your PC".
For web surfing, word processing, and email, that system will have plenty of overkill. For other things like gaming, it depends on your video card, but it won't be too bad in general. Don't expect to play the latest games at high quality though. And for audio/video editing, it will suffer the most when compared to a Pentium D or Athlon X2. The slower bus speed (533MHz) and small L2 cache is what sinks its performance when you compare it to faster processors.
However, keep in mind that this Celeron D you're asking about is still much better than anything that was available 3 years ago.
2006-08-29 23:22:28 · answer #3 · answered by SirCharles 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
good enought for basic tasks, web surfing, music, homework, office, but if the best processor for everything is the core 2 duo
2006-08-30 01:42:42 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good for normal use but not for advance graphic works
2006-08-30 06:15:36 · answer #5 · answered by Niya 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋