> While agree with most of what Ambar has written, I'd
> differ slightly here. While a CPU with one GHz will
> satisfy most users' needs, a major consideration
> remains upgradability and serviceability. A P-4 with
> 1.6/1.7 GHz is now-a-days being vended as minimum
> specs and at affordable price. The rate at which
> hardware specs and prices are getting obsolete makes
> it mandatory for a buyer to remain with the market
> trends. Who knows how soon Intel decides to make the
> present day Celeron chips obsolete. Yes, one can
> consider AMD Athlon chips of comparable performance
> because of the price advantage.
Celereon & duron 1.x ghz are current cpus, and as long as you have a
warranty, you shud not worry about serviceablity. And imho there is hardly
any difference in performence between a p4 1.6/1.7 and a celeron 1 ghz for
almost all apps that are not cpu limited. And even for many of the cpu
limited apps, the 1ghz celeron or duron is good enough. Intel *will* make
the present day celeron and pentium 4 chips obsolete sometime soon, but shud
that stop you from buying them? And my experience with constant
cpu/motherboard/ram upgrades is that it is almost always not worth buying a
motherboard that can be upgraded. Typically you are always better off buying
the cpu and motherboard as a package (also add ram to this package).
My basic point is that when you are spending money on a new computer, you
are typically expecting a certain level of performence. You will need this
typically to run your favourite applications, etc. Now here comes the
intresting twist. Traditionally you could buy a fast cpu and expect things
to speed up. But this is not the case anymore. Nowadays all the common PC
applications (Office suite, internet browsing and even 3d gaming) are not
limited by the cpu if you have a fast enough cpu, but by the speed of your
hdd, the ammount of ram you have, speed of the internet connection, speed of
your 3d card, etc. In this scenario, i strongly feel that spending money on
a fast cpu will not give you the kind of performence you expect. That money
can be better spent on getting a faster 3d card if your are a game freak, a
larger monitor, more ram, etc depending on your needs.
Bye,
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PS: I say this, because I am some1 who upgrades his computer frequently, and
I can't seem to justify getting a faster CPU. I wud rather spend that money
on a good 3d card and on a fast hdd.
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