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celeron d

What do you need a Celeron D for? The Pentium D 805 is cheap as dirt and overclocks like a dream.
 
i need to get a mobo and a processor and a really cheap power supply for like $150-175
but it would be nice to get that
 
I would think the one with the highest multiplier that you can afford would be best.

Honestly though, you should just save up your scratch and pick up an 805D. At stock clocks it will be at least as fast, if not faster than your overclocked Cel D, and overclocked it will wipe the floor with it -- and thats not even taking into account dual core.

The reason for this has to do with the processor architecture. To put it simply, the P4 architecture really stretches its legs when the clock speeds are high and there's plenty of cache. Celeron D removes a lot of the cache, and clocking the speed up will help but it will always be held back by the lack of cache because it won't be able to buffer as many instructions on the chip. It will instead have to buffer the instructions to system ram, which means it has to send them all the way through the bus to the memory controller, which not only makes the processor, well, process (for lack of a better term) slower, but it also clogs the memory bus up, meaning paging tasks will take longer to complete under a heavy load, and other slowdowns that you simply won't encounter on a proper P4. Performance will be even worse when using software that needs a lot of RAM to run well, like for instance, a game, or photoshop, or pretty much anything beyond web browsing while listening to winamp and having AIM open -- and even then when you switch between tasks you'll be wishing you spent the extra money.

Don't get me wrong, the Celeron D is a very capable processor for many tasks. I wouldn't call it slow. However, for what you want to do with it, it's simply the wrong tool for the job. I assume you want to do more than basic stuff simply because you want to overclock it. If you were only interested in basic tasks you'd probably be content with one at stock speeds.

You would be better off even picking up a used single core P4 if you really can't afford the extra $50 for an 805D. Or even better yet, find a used A64+ 3000, since they're retailing for around $100 new they should be going for $50 used, which is right in the range of a new Celeron D.
 
Its really not worth buying a celeron d anymore now that the 805 is so insanely cheap, save up a few more bucks and get it you will not regret it one bit.
 
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