gamehead200 Posted September 29, 2002 Posted September 29, 2002 Ok, so I'm shopping around for a new processor when I see Pentium 4 and the Intel Celeron Processor. Now the P4 (1.6GHz) goes for about $259.99 Canadian and the Intel Celeron (1.7GHz) one goes for about $149.99 Canadian. Which one should I buy?
Drewdatrip Posted September 29, 2002 Posted September 29, 2002 Dood how far are u away from USA...becasue if its not too far, i would reccomand going for a drive to the us, you would spend like half as much...or maybe you got a friend down here that could ship it...=Drew
gamehead200 Posted September 29, 2002 Author Posted September 29, 2002 Didn't you forget that your dollar is worth like 1.6 times as much as ours? All I wanna know is which one I should get...
Guest Posted September 29, 2002 Posted September 29, 2002 $1.00 US, is like $2.50 Canadian...I would go for the P4....better performance..
MisterSplitty Posted September 29, 2002 Posted September 29, 2002 Ok, so I'm shopping around for a new processor when I see Pentium 4 and the Intel Celeron Processor. Now the P4 (1.6GHz) goes for about $259.99 Canadian and the Intel Celeron (1.7GHz) one goes for about $149.99 Canadian. Which one should I buy?A Celeron in any form is still garbage! Go with the P4!!!
Drewdatrip Posted September 29, 2002 Posted September 29, 2002 Well if you dont mind spending the extra..id go with the p4 they are very nice chips in comparison to the Celly...but if your looking for good performance at great prices look into the AMD xp chips....=Drew
zivan56 Posted September 29, 2002 Posted September 29, 2002 $1.00 US, is like $2.50 Canadian...I would go for the P4....better performance..1.00 USD = 1.57793 CADbtw, I would also go for a P4, in Vancouver it is so much cheaper:P4: 2.0GHz 512K $265Celeron: 1.8GHz 128k $139
gamehead200 Posted September 30, 2002 Author Posted September 30, 2002 How about if I were to dual-boot XP and Linux, which one would be better?
MSNwar Posted September 30, 2002 Posted September 30, 2002 The three major differences between the P4 and The Celly are substantial.FSB vs FSB: The P4 2260 and higher have 533 FSB (Front Side Bus). The Celly has 133 FSB. In terms of FSB, buy nothing less that a P4 2260. The 533 FSB was introduced by Intel just this year. The technology has been in the works since 1981! It is reviewed on my site, www.msnwar.com, along with some sweet motherboards, and links to other reviews.Cache vs Cache: The P4 has 512 MB and the Celly has 128 MB. Like zivan56 pointed out. The bigger 512 cache on the P4 is important in terms of performance.You have to look close at store bought PCs. Will the motherboard paired with a P4 support 533 FSB? I have seen some that do not. Be sure to ask before you buy.
MSNwar Posted September 30, 2002 Posted September 30, 2002 How about if I were to dual-boot XP and Linux, which one would be better?Different operating systems on the same hard drive in a dual boot scenario is a different ball game all together. The hard drives file system format is more important (NTFS vs FAT32) than the type of CPU, but I would lean towards the Pentium in a Linux / Windows XP configuration.Keep in mind that not all hardware is compatible with Linux. I would reference www.linux.org for a list of hardware that is Linux compatible. Would be shame if your new video card was not supported by the version of Linux you decide to use.What flavor of Linux are you thinking about?And this is cool: One PC, Six Hard Drives, 37 OSes!http://www.maximumpc.com/features/feature_...2002-09-24.htmlThanks to the Reverend I scalped it from Him
gamehead200 Posted September 30, 2002 Author Posted September 30, 2002 Ok, so I've decided that I want to have Mandrake Linux (Maybe!) , Win XP Pro Corp, and Win 98 on one HD in 4 partitions. Is this possible to do with fdisk?
gamehead200 Posted September 30, 2002 Author Posted September 30, 2002 OK, so I got my list of things, and all I'm missing is my tower and power supply. Tell me if this is worth the price at Future Shop...Azen 128MB PC-100 (RAM) Intel Pentium 4 1.6GHz Processor Cicero Internal 1.44MB 3.5 Floppy Cicero Maxtor 20GB 7200RPM HD (Optional) Creative Sound Blaster 16 - PCI ATI Radeon 7000 64MB PCI Video Card Pine 56x CD-ROM Drive LG 40x12x10x Internal CD-RW Drive Western Digital 60GB 7200RPM EIDE HDAll this for $1259.43 including 14.5% tax. Tell me what I am missing for my computer or any upgrades I shoulf get for the Hardware.
Guest Posted September 30, 2002 Posted September 30, 2002 I recommend Partition Magic 8, for creating/resizing the partitions...I believe there is a wizard to setup the Dual-Booting as well...Then, once you create partitions, put in your bootable disc, and setup, and select the partition you want to install the OS onto...
Guest Posted September 30, 2002 Posted September 30, 2002 All this for $1259.43 including 14.5% tax.I would probably get:512mb PC1066 RDRamPentium 4 1.6GHz Processor Cicero Internal 1.44MB 3.5 Floppy Creative Sound Blaster 16 - PCI ATI Radeon 8500 128MB AGP (Get a mobo with AGP)Pine 56x CD-ROM Drive 40x12x10x Internal CD-RW Drive Western Digital 120gb EIDE 8mb/Buffer 7200RPMNo more then $100 more....
aKaFrEE Posted September 30, 2002 Posted September 30, 2002 yeah..with a P4 i wouldnt go with PC100 ram. when i get some money and time im gettting 512mb of pc2700 ddr ram from crucial. big jump from what ive got
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