Now celeron D processors have presscot core and 256kb L2 cache. -Saugata
--- Soumyadip Modak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 03:22 +0530, A. Mani wrote: > > The question was also about the price. If you want > to reduce the risk of > > hardware problems, the best would be to go for a > low-end P4 (DDR) with a > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > 1.6-2.0Ghz celeron. CRT monitors have long lives. > New P3s cost about the > > same as low-end P4s(400FSB...). > > ???? Didn't quite get you ! How do you combine a low > end P4 with a > Celeron. Besides Celerons have a measly 64 KB L2 > cache, lower than their > L1 caches (128 K, IIRC). Then again, low end P4 > mobos are not likely to > have AGP slots, and the inbuilt 845G is not exactly > a decent performer, > personally speaking, I'd rather have a VIA graphics > chip than an Intel > one. > > Who wants to buy new P3s ?? Do they sell P3s anymore > ? Intel certainly > doesn't make P3s anymore. (Intel's P3 fabs now make > Centrino procs) I > wanted to say that for such comparatively > lightweight tasks, a P3 700 > MHz would be adequate. Instead I believe the > computer would be more > responsive if more RAM and a discrete graphics card > were put in. P3 700 > Mhz machines are probably available for 6.5 K from > the used computer > dealers. Spend a couple of Ks for additional RAM and > a Geforce 2 (even > 32 MB VRAM ones would do nicely) and you'd have a > nice roaring machine > for watching movies at less than Rs.10K/-. > > Don't remember seeing any ads for P4 machines > selling at that price. :) > > -- > Soumyadip Modak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
