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C|Net has reported that Intel has officially released its 64-bit version of the Celeron processor.

Intel's new Celeron D 351 is the heir-apparent to the current Celeron D S775 processor series. The two chips are nearly identical, apart from the addition of 64-bit processing technology, which Intel calls EM64T.

Why am I posting this? While most of us probably don't use Celerons in our own machines, I'm sure many of you opt for the Celeron in machines built for family members. I know I do. You can read the remainder of the report over here.

03/23/2005 03:45 PM: 64-bit Computing @ Tech-Report by duke
Scott over at Tech-Report has put together an article discussing 64-bit computing. Is it mostly hype or is it for real? 64-bit computing won't bring us two times the performance in an amazing overnigh...

03/04/2004 03:04 PM: Intel will outsell AMD 64-bit chips by year end by Jim
The Inquirer has posted about some comments made by Peter Glaskowski, the chief editor of the Microprocessor report. He seems to think that while Intel is definitely playing catch-up with its 64-bit X...

07/07/2002 12:56 AM: Opteron and Itanium: Two Roads to 64-bit Computing by Jim
Ace's Hardware has another interesting article up, this time dealing with AMD's Opteron and Intel's Itanium. Two companies with a different philosophy with respect to 64-bit computing. However, in the...

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#37076 Posted on: 06/28/2005 08:53 PM Who in their right mind buys a Celeron anymore? 121 total Ghz, 304GB in total memory... Arch Linux - stable : 3930k @ 4.4Ghz, 64GB DDR3, 120GB Samsung 840, HX850 DAS - Norco 4020 - 20x Seagate 3TB, 1KW PSU FBSD 10 ZFS server - SM Chassis, SM X8DTE, 2x L5520 Xeons, 48GB Reg DDR3 ULP, IBM 5015 w/ 512MB DDR2 cache, RAID-50 - 42TB storage Dell C6100 - 4 nodes, 2 1.1KW psu's, 2x L5520s, 6x e5530s, 192GB reg DDR3 (48GB each), F@H, etc

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#37077 Posted on: 06/28/2005 09:04 PM While I haven't bought a Celeron in awhile, I've put them in the machines of family members and friends for years. Alicia's computer runs on a 1.7GHz Celeron. My father's machine as well. Hell, my Dell PowerEdge server has a Celeron in it. They may not have a lot of horsepower in relation to the other processors that are available, but they're still more than adequate for the majority of desktop tasks. [url="http://www.2cpu.com"][size=1]2CPU.com[/url] - Because two are always better than one! [url="http://www.jimkirk.org"]jimkirk.org[/url] - Not a Myth any Longer. Just a Dad.[/size]

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#37078 Posted on: 06/28/2005 10:19 PM I guess they have their uses. The good thing about a 64bit Celeron is that it forced AMD to release a 64bit Sempron. And I hear they overclock pretty well. 121 total Ghz, 304GB in total memory... Arch Linux - stable : 3930k @ 4.4Ghz, 64GB DDR3, 120GB Samsung 840, HX850 DAS - Norco 4020 - 20x Seagate 3TB, 1KW PSU FBSD 10 ZFS server - SM Chassis, SM X8DTE, 2x L5520 Xeons, 48GB Reg DDR3 ULP, IBM 5015 w/ 512MB DDR2 cache, RAID-50 - 42TB storage Dell C6100 - 4 nodes, 2 1.1KW psu's, 2x L5520s, 6x e5530s, 192GB reg DDR3 (48GB each), F@H, etc

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#37079 Posted on: 06/29/2005 12:23 AM I was actually waiting for the 64bit Celeron. I've had a project in mind that would be absolutely perfect for it. [size=1][url="http://www.2cpu.com"]2CPU.com[/url] - Because two are always better than one! Are you folding? [url="http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_summary.php?s=&t=3074"]2CPU.com Folding@Home Team[/url] [url="http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=19979"]My Heatware[/url][/size]

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#37080 Posted on: 06/29/2005 04:02 AM What project? Folding farm? 121 total Ghz, 304GB in total memory... Arch Linux - stable : 3930k @ 4.4Ghz, 64GB DDR3, 120GB Samsung 840, HX850 DAS - Norco 4020 - 20x Seagate 3TB, 1KW PSU FBSD 10 ZFS server - SM Chassis, SM X8DTE, 2x L5520 Xeons, 48GB Reg DDR3 ULP, IBM 5015 w/ 512MB DDR2 cache, RAID-50 - 42TB storage Dell C6100 - 4 nodes, 2 1.1KW psu's, 2x L5520s, 6x e5530s, 192GB reg DDR3 (48GB each), F@H, etc

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#37081 Posted on: 06/29/2005 07:00 AM HTPC? Anjel Folding at Home - AMD Turion 64 1.6Ghz @ 2.0Ghz 1.08v

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#37082 Posted on: 06/29/2005 07:23 AM I'm thinking it's an overkill home router. 121 total Ghz, 304GB in total memory... Arch Linux - stable : 3930k @ 4.4Ghz, 64GB DDR3, 120GB Samsung 840, HX850 DAS - Norco 4020 - 20x Seagate 3TB, 1KW PSU FBSD 10 ZFS server - SM Chassis, SM X8DTE, 2x L5520 Xeons, 48GB Reg DDR3 ULP, IBM 5015 w/ 512MB DDR2 cache, RAID-50 - 42TB storage Dell C6100 - 4 nodes, 2 1.1KW psu's, 2x L5520s, 6x e5530s, 192GB reg DDR3 (48GB each), F@H, etc

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#37083 Posted on: 06/29/2005 08:17 AM You guys are just elitists. I have used machines that are much slower than today's celerons, and they worked fine. Most of the time for a generally decent desktop experience I notice that more ram and faster disks make more of a differance than a fast cpu. I've run a 400Mhz (P2) for a while as a desktop (a year ago) and it was not that terrible (had win2k on it, then fedora 3). It did however have 256mb ram, and a 80GB wd sped edition in it. Note: Not a main desktop!!! But not so bad that you couldn't use it to look at some photos, listen to some music, and email+web.

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#37084 Posted on: 06/29/2005 12:13 PM Sempron is socket A isn't it? How does that work? Can you run 64-bit semprons in older socket A boards then?

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#37085 Posted on: 06/29/2005 12:28 PM Nope. The 64bit versions of the Sempron (the higher end of AMD's low end) are socket 754 with half the cache, 256KB. There are also 32bit versions that are also socket 754. I think they started with the 3100+ Semprons. 121 total Ghz, 304GB in total memory... Arch Linux - stable : 3930k @ 4.4Ghz, 64GB DDR3, 120GB Samsung 840, HX850 DAS - Norco 4020 - 20x Seagate 3TB, 1KW PSU FBSD 10 ZFS server - SM Chassis, SM X8DTE, 2x L5520 Xeons, 48GB Reg DDR3 ULP, IBM 5015 w/ 512MB DDR2 cache, RAID-50 - 42TB storage Dell C6100 - 4 nodes, 2 1.1KW psu's, 2x L5520s, 6x e5530s, 192GB reg DDR3 (48GB each), F@H, etc

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#37086 Posted on: 06/29/2005 06:51 PM Fastest available Sempron is the 3300+: http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=120418&Category_Code=amdsempron Not a 64-bit capable CPU. Wierd thing is the 3100+ has 256k L2, but the 3300+ drops to 128k again. Was the 64-bit Sempron on AMD's roadmap even? Not that I am aware of. There is no spoon HeatWare: http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=16337 Ebay:http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=niftydl

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#37087 Posted on: 06/29/2005 06:54 PM Originally posted by XWRed1 Sempron is socket A isn't it? How does that work? Can you run 64-bit semprons in older socket A boards then? They have both opteron and old school based semprons. -------------------------- I just built my cousin a machine with one. Not bad at all. Damn old amd cpus are cheap. I don't totally see why they make stuff like sepron. Just have the 64s and then the old ones. I;d rather have a regular athlon over a celeron anyday.

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