Which PC do you think is better?

[Heliocentrical]

I'm looking to buy one of those cheap ($299) pc's and cant decide which one would be better. The pc will be used for email, internet, and cd-burning. It will also see some light photoshop\Illustrator CS2 use.

Celeron D 352 (3.2ghz)
http://www.netaffilia.com/ad/electronics/frys/i/2006/09/15/19430.html

AMD Sempron 3200+
http://www.netaffilia.com/ad/electronics/frys/i/2006/09/01/19117.html

 

[filthysanchez]

i can sell you my hp with a celeron 340 for 200+ shipping.
pm me if you're interested.

 

[Heliocentrical]

i can sell you my hp with a celeron 340 for 200+ shipping.
pm me if you're interested.

What are the specs? Model number? What's included?

 

[filthysanchez]

512 mb ram, 2.8 ghz, cd-rw drive, 40 gb sata hd, front audio/firewire/usb ports, intergrated everything.

but i have driver problems with the front audio bay, and right now only the back ones are working, because i got a different driver.
i used to have only the front ports working, but know it's easy to fix

EDIT:has windows xp home on it, and i'll restore it to default, and here's the info for it

 

[Shmuckety]

I like the celeron. It will probably be faster because of the 512 L2 cache. The Sempron only has 256. They both look pretty good for $299.

 

[Heliocentrical]

I like the celeron. It will probably be faster because of the 512 L2 cache. The Sempron only has 256. They both look pretty good for $299.

I was thinking the same thing. At first I though that they had the same cache but it seems like the 352 has 512K instead of 256K. According to this chart the 352 and 356 are the only models with that feature.

http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/chart/celeron_d.htm

Can any AMD voters to tell me why they think the Sempron is a better choice?

 

[filthysanchez]

i think that the sempron one has agp.
mine's still up for grabs, and i can negotiate a price.

 

[Cpt Twitchy]

Sempron ftw because Celeron's aren't to great of performers. The A64 vs P4 prooved that.

 

[filthysanchez]

athlons and pentiums are completely different though.

 

[rcf1987]

Sempron for the simple fact its 64bit other than that they probably perform the same

 

[N H O]

sempron ftw, still a strong cpu despite the 256k cache

 

[DeChache]

The High end Semprons can trade blows with the low end athlons can the Celerons do that.

 

[NulloModo]

64 bit is worthless now for 99% of people, and will be for a while.

I'd go with the Celeron machine.

 

[Heliocentrical]

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[G'ßöö]

athlons and pentiums are completely different though.

yeah, what he said. ...who knew!??! LOL

 

[Heliocentrical]

I'd go with the Celeron machine.

Why?

Sempron for the simple fact its 64bit...

I thought that these specific Celerons (352/356) were 64bit.

"Mainboard makers familiar with plans of Intel Corp. revealed, according to DigiTimes web-site, that the world’s largest maker of chips plans to release at least two value processors made using 65nm process technology: Intel Celeron D 352 and Intel Celeron D 356 that will operate at 3.20GHz and 3.33GHz respectively, will incorporate 512KB of L2 cache and will feature 64-bit capability, like predecessors. Current Intel Celeron D chips integrate 256KB of L2 cache and operate using 533MHz processor system bus."

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20051116101051.html

 

[clean_me]

I'd go with the Celeron just because it's tried tested & true. Uses hardly any power, and has that higher clock-speed for Folding

I've never used a Sempron machine however...

 

[Heliocentrical]

I'd go with the Celeron just because it's tried tested & true. Uses hardly any power, and has that higher clock-speed for Folding

I've never used a Sempron machine however...

Folding FTW!!