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| Topic Started: Nov 3 2008, 06:50 AM (69 Views) | |
| Trotsky | Nov 3 2008, 06:50 AM Post #1 |
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I found a tossed DELL computer. It was manufactured near the time mine was but maybe a year later. So I did some research. It has a 1.2 Gig Celeron CPU. Would you judge this to be BETTER than my 933 Mhz Pentium 3??? I know that Celerons operate with one hand tied behind their backs so speed ratings aren't the whole story. What do you think? (My motherboard with a 315 chipset will run either...the one from the dumpster has a 310 chipset.) In either case the found one had a 256 MB DIMM which I can use to replace my one 128 MB DIMM (both run at 133 Mhz) and give me my motherbord its max of 512 MB RAM. Alas both hard drives are small EIDE 20 Gigs...drat. Maybe a piggyback system? I guess the first thing I should do is hang a monitor on the found system before I start using it as a cadaver for parts. Installing blown equipment will be very bad for my mental well-being. But this whole maghilla appeals to the cheapskate in me. biggrin 04 |
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| Delphi51 | Nov 3 2008, 10:48 AM Post #2 |
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Sounds like a good find, Trotsky. CPU speeds are extremely confusing these days. If you get it going, run a speed checker on it and your old machine and you'll get a meaningful answer. I like NovaBench. This site has a nice long list of CPU's and their actual processing power: http://www.roylongbottom.org.uk/whetstone.htm My guess would be the Celeron is a little faster but probably not noticeably so. |
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