Cheap P4 options

[Fantrace]

Been looking on ebay for a cheap Pentium 4. Which is likely to be the better
performer - a 1.8GHz P4 with 256K cache or a 1.6GHz P4 with 512K cache?

TIA.

 

[Edward A. Weissbard]

Good question, In everday general use, you probably won't see much of a
difference. The 1.6Ghz with 512K cache would run a little better with
general and office software. The 1.8Ghz with 256K cache would run gaming
software slightly better. In benchmarking the two the 1.8Ghz P4 would
probably come out slightly on top.
Anybody out there correct me if i'm wrong.

Thanks,

Edward
El Paso,TX

 

[Charles]

Know what it is you are buying and then look up the real price on a
website like www.newegg.com

Some 1.6/1.8Gig P4's may not be upgradable at all. There were some
made with a 423 CPU Socket. Make sure it is a 478 cpu socket. Intel
chipsets are the way to go.

 

[Cerridwen]

Been looking on ebay for a cheap Pentium 4. Which is likely to be the
better performer - a 1.8GHz P4 with 256K cache or a 1.6GHz P4 with
512K cache?

TIA.

Oh yeah, real smart! No warranty, no comeback - that cheap processor could
end up costing you far more. You could end up losing your motherboard, if it
blows. Suggest you purchase from a reputable dealer.

 

[Trent©]

Oh yeah, real smart! No warranty, no comeback - that cheap processor could
end up costing you far more. You could end up losing your motherboard, if it
blows. Suggest you purchase from a reputable dealer.

Good suggestion.

However, there's many of them on Ebay.

And there's many that are NOT reputable...that are not on Ebay.

Youse takes yer chances! lol


Have a nice week...

Trent©

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!

 

[Big Mac]

Good suggestion.
However, there's many of them on Ebay.
And there's many that are NOT reputable...that are not on Ebay.
Youse takes yer chances! lol

I tried a few times to get a bargain at an auction on eBay. In the
last minutes the bids jump up. No bargain anymore. You've got to get
a real bargain because you are usually getting used stuff, or even if
new, little or no warrantee or support.

You know, since before Christmas, at least one week out of a month,
sometimes more, one of the major chains like Best Buy or Office Depot,
has on sale, with 5 rebates, making the real price $350 there-abouts,
A computer with a 17" flat screen (not flat monitor, but flat screen
for better resolution), and a USB jet printer (cheap but works), 256
MBs RAM (upgrade to 512 on your own when convenient). & a CD RW drive
of course (& floppy). This a 2.6 GHz machine! With a one year
warrantee.

The only thing that some people don't want to hear is the word
"Celeron". But Celerons are not disabled like in the old days. They
have a math-coprocessor. There is some kind of drawback compared to
Pentiums (whatever it is), but I don't think comes into play unless
perhaps (just guessing) you do intensive high-end gaming or video
editing or something.

I know because 'd been eying the sales since Christmas, & I bought my
son one when he visited me as few months ago. I have a 2.2 GHz
Athalon,. & the 2.6 GHz Celeron loaded some programs twice as fast as
mine. Of course that is no real test because of other circumstances
that might come into play, but lets just say it was a darned good
deal. And that included Windows XP too!

$350.. Heck, the computer is almost free once you add up the cost of
everything else.

So use this price as a comparison before you plop down some dough on a
system with no warrantee & 1 GHz slower. Keep your eye on your
Sunday's newspaper's sale adds.

Big Mac