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Which Processor Should You Buy?
Intel Celeron Chip:
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A few months ago, Intel
introduced a new computer chip called the Celeron. If
you don't follow computers very closely, you may not
have even heard about this new chip. However, you should
be aware of its existence because this chip does not
give you the performance that you might expect. |
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| The Celeron is a Pentium chip with the
cache removed. In simple terminology, the cache is an
extra part of computer memory that holds the most
recently used data. Cache allows the computer to access
the data faster. A Pentium chip without cache is slower
than the normal Pentium chip, which has a built-in
cache. In my opinion, this is a disabled chip. The new
266-MHz Celeron has less processing power than a full
233-MHz Pentium chip.
The Celeron chip was developed for the low-end
personal computers. This chip is meant to be less
expensive, thus keeping the computer price down. As
such, maybe there is a place for the Celeron chip. My
complaint is actually more with the marketing of the
chip than with the chip itself. The Celeron is marketed
as a Pentium chip. This leads us to believe that a 266
MHz Celeron is just as fast as any other 266 MHz Intel
chip, but in fact, the Celeron is slower. So again, we
are being led to believe that the Celeron is a fast
chip. In this case, the name of the chip itself is
somewhat misleading.
| When purchasing a new
computer, you can easily get a Celeron chip
when you think you are buying a full-blown
Pentium chip. For the most part, I have
found that the average salesperson doesn't
even realize that the Celeron chip is any
different from the Pentium chip. Since the
labels and much of the documentation just
say "Pentium," it is sometimes difficult to
ascertain which chip you are actually
receiving. It used to be that any chip
labeled "Intel" was a good chip. Now, you
have to determine which Intel chip you are
getting. This has made the purchasing of a
new computer more complicated than ever.
Source:
Compukiss.com
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