p4 or celeron?

jef-pal106

Good day to all! my sister's 12th birthday is coming so im planning to give her a new PC.. just for office applications and some games CS1.5, NBA Live2005, Ragnarok. something like that... im pretty much tight on the budget though... 500 USD.. for the mobo im planning to get a Asus p4v8x, 512mb of memory and for the processor not sure if i can get the intel celeron 2.4d box or p4 2.4a 1mb 533mhz... is there too much diff? or since she'll not use it on a heavy gaming can i get the celeron? any suggestions is very much appreciated! thanks for reading! also if there is something you want to change or recommend parts for the setup will be helpful.. thanks!

beregid

i would not give a 12 yr old a p4. i'd gime em a celeron, atleast then you know you'll have to fix it monthly. other than that celeron sucks.

Garg

I'd go for the Celeron. Cheaper, and she won't be able to notice the difference in speed.

If you don't already have a motherboard, keep an eye out for motherboard/cpu combo deals from places like Fry's and Tigerdirect. They could save you some money and a little effort. I'd be open to AMD processors as a possibility too. Nothing says cheap and fast like AMD

GrayFox

AMD athlon xp or stemtron or athlon64 if your budget allows.

drasnor

Ditto, I'd be looking at the AMD Sempron 2400 or 2500 and a MSI KT880 Delta-FSR or Chaintech 7NJL6. Both have modern chipsets and similar feature sets to that Asus board.

-drasnor

GrayFox

My recomended parts
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131468
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103377
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141402
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129149
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144107
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121506
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827136034
This should be more then powerfull enough and relieable

lemonlime

The modern day celerons pack enough punch for most tasks. I'd personally recommend the AMD Sempron as well, as it will be significantly better for gaming. Just ensure you go for a 'socket 754' sempron, as there is more of a future in that platform than socket 462/A.

jef-pal106

Thanks for reading my post and replying! (lemonlime,grayfox,drasnor,Gargoyle,beregid)very informative.. ill review every parts you recommend..but if celeron will just offer me headacahes... i better go with p4.. just have to squeeze on my budget... also looking for possibilities that i might end up in AMD based rig... this will be the first time ill setup an AMD based pc. what i have in mind right now is Sempron 2400+.. if i will go for AMD..

Medlock

12 year-old + girl=Celeron/Sempron

jef-pal106

TheGr81 wrote:

12 year-old + girl=Celeron/Sempron

i know she doesnt deserve the PC but shes pretty fond with PC'S not with barbies... pretty advance though.. but i think it will serve her at least for years! maybe 2 or 3... thats why im planning to setup sempron or p4 for her...
and who knows... shell be like you guys!

sfleuriet

GrayFox wrote:

My recomended parts
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131468
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103377
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141402
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129149
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144107
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121506
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827136034

yeah i agree with you on most of those. however, I think you could easily get by with an 80gig hd, a much cheaper and better-looking case, and then with that extra money get a little bit faster cpu.