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Which processer is better?
Hi. I am shopping for a new computer. I was extremly happy with my dell inspiron 530 I just purchesed for my family a few moths ago.
However, i need a personnal computer and would like anothor dell. I went to the flea market, and a guy was willing to sell me a good computer for 300$. it was an older dell model with newer parts. I trust the store since my cousin worked there. Anyway, I needed help in my decision on weather i should purchase from dell directly or through the company i found.
It mainly comes down to the processer because I know about ram and the other components.
He is offering an intel p4 3.2GHZ(which he claims is faster then the dell one)
Dell is offering a Intel® Celeron ® Processor 450 (2.2GHz, 800 FSB)
I trust the company, but he is a sales person after all.
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Hi there,
This is harder than it looks. You are dealing with two processors which are single core. My advice is not to buy a single core processor if you can avoid it.
Between the two you have listed, though:
Yes, the 3.2Ghz p4 has more clock cycles per second, but the actual architecture of the chip is slower. This means that the newer, slower chip is capable of doing more with each clock cycle, so it needs less of them per second to accomplish the same or MORE work.
For some reason, benchmarks for this processor were VERY hard for me to find. This is as close as I could get:
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... The comparison leans heavily in favor of the celeron 440 here, and while Intel Celeron 450 benchmarks are what we wanted, this is close enough to show the general idea.
This is the part where I try and convince you to go dual core. ;-)
I looked at the Dell 530, and at today's prices, it will cost you $60 to step up to a dual-core processor. This is very much worth it. Even if you feel like you don't do all that much with the machine, everything you actually DO will be noticeably faster.
I guess it all comes down to this: If you asked me which one I would buy... I would say neither. If you pressed me, and made it theoretical where these were the last two PCs on earth, I would pick the celeron 450 because of the Conroe-L core's increased efficiency.
Buying single core these days doesn't make sense, since apps are only getting more complex and bloated as we go. Running Windows Vista on a single core CPU is an experiment in terror if you really want to use the machine for anything serious. Unless the extra money is going to break you, there is just no reason to put yourself through single-coredom(tm) anymore.
Please consider going with the Dell 530 upgraded to the dual core CPU, or the Dell 518 which comes with a dual core CPU in the base configuration. Either way is about $60, and I promise it is worth the difference.
If you have any other questions, please leave another note in my inbox.
Thank you, and happy hunting.
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