Help, upgrade advice for an OC'd Celeron D

[SeanM]

Hi,

I am running the following set-up:

System specifications:

Motherboard: ASUS P4P800 SE
Processor: Celeron D 330 D0 Stepping @ 3.68 GHZ / 184 FSB
Cooling: Zalman CNPS7000B-AlCu P4 Cooler
Memory: 2 X Crucial 512 MB PC3200 DDR 2.5 2 2 5
Graphics: Sapphire 9800 Pro 128 MB
Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Power: Antec True Power 330 Watt PS

I am considering replacing my beloved Celeron D with an Intel Pentium 4 3.0E 800B (1MB) S478. I would really appreciate it if I could get some feedback on the following questions:

I run my Celeron D at 3.68 GHZ, will a stock Pentium 4 @ 3.0 GHZ significantly beat a Celeron D @ 3.68 GHZ? My main use is running Red Orchestra, a UT 2004 mod.

What is the over clocking potential of the P4 3.0E 800B (1MB) S478 chip?

Many thanks for your advice,

-Sean

 

[batboy]

The 3.0E should O/C 3.6 to 3.8 gig with good cooling. The 3.0E has 1M of cache compared to the Celly D's 256k, plus the P-4 will have lots higher FSB, so yes, the P-4 will definitely out perform the Celly D. You might have to run your RAM at the 5:4 ratio, but as long as you can use fairly tight timings, that won't be a problem.

 

[MIAG]

At 200 mhz FSB, you will be on par with a P4E on memory bandwidth. The only thing you will be missing is cache and HT, which can mean next to nothing or next to everything depending on what you're doing. I would guess that the Celeron D @ 3.6 ghz will be about equal to a stock 3.0 in UT2004, with maybe a slight edge going to the P4.

 

[SeanM]

So it sounds like for my use (UT2004) a Celeron D @ 3.7 GHZ is about equal to a stock P4 @ 3.0 GHZ. I will only impove my situation if the P4 3.0 is a good overclocker. If I can get a P4 3.0 GHZ up to 3.7 GHZ like my Celeron D I would be very happy.

Interesting choice. I have a great deal of repect for the 100 dollar Celeron D chip. Really good value.

 

[warlock110]

you are about the same level as the stock P4, it really depends on what you're doing, 600mhz extra is about to make up for the missing cache.