On Apr 5, 2005 8:21 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Unfortunately, they seem to be impossible to get now. Resellers here > >> offer only 2.0 GHz version as the last item with Northwood core. > >> > >> Does more GHz mean more dissipated temperature, or the warmth of the CPU > >> just depends on the usage? > > >I found the answer by myself, in the Intel Celeron & Celeron-D technical > >specification. It confirm previous statements by the list contributors > >and may be useful to the others: > > >Celeron Northwood ... thermal power varies .. 52W (2.0GHz)-68W (2.8GHz) > >Celeron Prescott ... thermal power fixed at 73W > > >It looks like Prescotts are all the same inside, just locked > differently. Pitty. > > I'm new to building PC but let me get this straight. > I'dbe better off buying a 2.4Ghz Celeron than a 2.8 P4? > At least in terms of noise. > How does this work in terms of processing power. > I'm planning on getting a Pundit-R > with 1GB of memory and throwing in > both a pchdtv-3000 and an pvr-500. > I want to be able to watch/record and maybe even burn > a dvd at the same time. > I see a 2.4 Celeron going for 98.00 (USD) > and a 3.0E Ghz P4 going for 180 (USD) normally my impulse is higher is > better. But if I can get the same amount of work done quieter and cheaper so > bet it
Just FYI, you can still get Northwood-core Celeron processors down to 1.8 GHz at newegg.com. Lane -- Meetup with other Myth users! http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/MUG _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
