Intel Celeron D
It seems as though Intel isn’t fairing too well with their newer processors. For example, the Celeron D’s are being outperformed by their Sempron 64 counterparts. Intel needs to step up their game right now. Even though they are a bit cheaper than AMD, it still isn’t enough to draw consumers over onto their side of the field. Overall, the Celeron D processors haven’t had any significant price fluctuation over the past couple of weeks since our last price guide.
Pentium M
The Pentium M line is still quite expensive and not exactly ideal for desktop use. But if you’re looking to go with a lower power setup, such as something for a car computer, a Pentium M would be perfect. The Pentium M has not had any increase or decrease in price worth mentioning since our last guide. They have basically continued at a steady value, but we will continue to monitor their fluctuations, if any.
It seems as though Intel isn’t fairing too well with their newer processors. For example, the Celeron D’s are being outperformed by their Sempron 64 counterparts. Intel needs to step up their game right now. Even though they are a bit cheaper than AMD, it still isn’t enough to draw consumers over onto their side of the field. Overall, the Celeron D processors haven’t had any significant price fluctuation over the past couple of weeks since our last price guide.
Pentium M
The Pentium M line is still quite expensive and not exactly ideal for desktop use. But if you’re looking to go with a lower power setup, such as something for a car computer, a Pentium M would be perfect. The Pentium M has not had any increase or decrease in price worth mentioning since our last guide. They have basically continued at a steady value, but we will continue to monitor their fluctuations, if any.
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PrinceGaz - Saturday, October 29, 2005 - link
"One of the 64-bit Semprons that caught our attention was the 2800+ Palermo core with 256MB L2 cache"A processor with that much cache would catch anyones attention :)
cryptonomicon - Saturday, October 29, 2005 - link
ah beat me to itJarredWalton - Monday, October 31, 2005 - link
Okay, fixed now - I thought someone had already corrected it. Though, I'd really love such a CPU for that price. :DMikeyJ79 - Saturday, October 29, 2005 - link
Those 3800+ and 4000+ processors are looking more tempting by the week, though I would probably still get a cheaper model at this point. That socket 754 3700+ at ~$178 looks like an interesting buy for someone already stuck on that socket. Soon there may be the Mobile 4000+ with the Newark core which would be nice for current socket 754 users who are able to use it in their desktops. I doubt the price for it would be all that welcoming, however.coomar - Saturday, October 29, 2005 - link
the new skt 939 opteron's are creating an insane buzz, the better ones are doing 3.0+ ghz on airkmmatney - Saturday, October 29, 2005 - link
Has anyone tried a mobile Sempron with 1 MB cache:http://www.shentech.com/smn3000bix2ba.html">http://www.shentech.com/smn3000bix2ba.html
Looks very interesting....
MikeyJ79 - Saturday, October 29, 2005 - link
I wonder how they got one of those? ....LOLTo their credit, though, they get the cache spec right further down in the listing. A 1MB L2 cache would mean it's not a Sempron anymore! :P
kmmatney - Saturday, October 29, 2005 - link
I'm reall tempted to get a mobile Athlon 64 - 1 MB cache for around $100. Are there any benchmarks anywhere for the mobile Athlons used in a desktop?