Hot! Celeron D 320 boxed for $44.90 at Fry's, No rebates.

[herkulease]

any left at bay area stores?

 

[tjphilips]

It's simple to oc the pcel D 2.26 processer because it has the prescott core,
motherboards with 800 fbs are compatible,
simply change bois cpu clock to 200/33. run cool on a cheap asus p4s800mx, built two systems cause it blew away my p42.8E in pc benchmarks. OC is 3.4G
used the retail version with stock fan
Have fun

 

[bupkus]

If I list those ASUS boards with the i865 chipset I get these models with Newegg pricing:
P4P800-MX 865GV - $64 IGP + mATX NOTE: this board has no AGP slot!
P4P800-VM 865G - $97 IGP + mATX
P4P800-SE 865PE - $95
P4P800-E Deluxe - $117

ASUS with SiS chipsets yield these interesting items:
P4S800-MX SiS 661FX - $60 IGP + mATX
P4S800D-X SiS 655FX - $60

Biostar has a board with VIA chips
P4VMA-M VIA PM800 - $48 IGP + mATX

MSI has:
865GVM2-LS i865GV - $64 IGP + mATX

Abit has:
IS-10 865G - $74 IGP + mATX

Foxconn:
865M06-G-6EKS - $77 IGP + mATX
865M01-G-6LS - $68 IGP + mATX

GIGABYTE "GA-8I865GVMK" i865G - $64

I leaned towards those boards that list up to an 800 FSB, an IGP, a brand name and microATX.
This is hardly inclusive, but perhaps you can add your favorite or one you've read or heard about.

Some good overclocking HSF's would be nice to compile here as well.

 

[Chrono]

i picked up an open box 2.4ghz.
eh, looks good. for its price, i'm content

 

[pxc]

Originally posted by: herkulease
any left at bay area stores?

There are plenty left in SoCal stores (dozens in each store). I didn't see the screen for the bay area when they were typing up my orders. I went back this afternoon to pick up another one.

I picked up one of these boards for $14.90 on clearance: http://www.pcchips.com.tw/PCCWeb/Produc...il.aspx?DetailID=234&MenuID=22&LanID=0 It's not Prescott compatible, but a good deal for a Northwood Celeron.

 

[bupkus]

I have new ECS PT800CE-A still in a box from a previous celly/mobo combo from Fry's. I used the celly in SOYO FAR that of course I'm still waiting on.
I had intended to sell this on ebay or here but never got around to doing it. I suppose the time is right.

 

[herkulease]

Just my luck the past few days. Sunnyvale has 4 left but all open box. poor ones at that. I didn't take any cuz they all looked like someone used a roll of taped and taped them up. Retail or not, don't have time to go back incase somethings wrong or deal with intel over it

 

[qbackin]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Celeron Ds are AWESOME overclockers. We're talking about 3GHz easy, with many hitting 3.5GHz on air, and approaching 4GHz with voltage.

Got 2 Celeron D here!

 

[puppyfriend]

Dude, there were 8 bright spanking new ones at Palo Alto tonight. I grabbed one. While I was there I picked up a motherboard to go with it for $14.90.

Originally posted by: herkulease
Just my luck the past few days. Sunnyvale has 4 left but all open box. poor ones at that. I didn't take any cuz they all looked like someone used a roll of taped and taped them up. Retail or not, don't have time to go back incase somethings wrong or deal with intel over it

 

[tsowen]

Which MB you got for $14.90? Does it support overclock? I am looking for a cheap MB. Thanks.

 

[puppyfriend]

PC Chips M952 V3.

Originally posted by: tsowen
Which MB you got for $14.90? Does it support overclock? I am looking for a cheap MB. Thanks.

 

[andy nowotny]

my friend can use it overclock to 3.6G

 

[cfb44]

burning mine in now @ 3.6. I'm using an ECS 848P-A board, which doesn't allow for voltage adjustments and is only giving the chip 1.31 - 1.33 volts...

 

[mdetz]

Puppyfriend, do you have a PLU# for that mobo?
which frys u at?
looks like all the d's are on clearance.
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[mdetz]

damnit

 

[mdetz]

damnit

 

[Mare of Earth]

Microcenter in Marietta, GA had 4 of the Celeron D 325 (2.53GHz) for $55.96 in the yellow-tag area. They still had 3 on Sat. after I left the store. I am planning to run it on my Aopen AX4C-G mobo - Microcenter said it would work, and Aopen tech support thought it would, but hadn't tried it. The 875P chipset is supposed to support all of intels 478 socket processors. I'll know for sure once my new power supply shows up - got the new PC built yesterday, only to have the power supply turn out to be bad. But, at least geeks.com is sending me a new one.
Anyone have any suggestions for what to do with bad power supplys? The guy at geeks said it makes a good doorstop.

 

[VirtualLarry]

If the Geeks are selling PSUs, that are of such low quality that they don't want you to send the bad one back, then perhaps you should look elsewhere to purchase PSUs in the future. (Hint: Avoid PSUs that are sold incredibly cheaply, and lack UL/FCC certifications. There are plenty of decent, inexpensive units out there that have them.) I'm curious about results with a Celly-D on one of those AOpen AX4C-G mobos myself.

 

[bupkus]

Mare,
Of all my years of scanning this and other forums I don't recall reading anything about the repair of bad power supplies. However, I often keep "underperforming" power supplies in case I need to build a minimal system which to me has 1 mobo (not overclocked) with either an IGP or fanless video card, one hard drive and one 256MB memory module. Even then they can sometimes be good only for a doorstop.

 

[bupkus]

What overclocking can be done with the Celeron D?
X-Bit labs
Sharkyextreme

The mainboards they use and why are interesting.

 

[pxc]

Originally posted by: bupkus
What overclocking can be done with the Celeron D?
X-Bit labs
Sharkyextreme

both of those reviews are with the older C0 stepping. The 2 sSpecs listed in the first post are D0 and E0 steppings. The pack date on both of mine are from the beginning of January and are E0 stepping processors.

Overclocking isn't guaranteed, but these 2.4GHz CPUs are the sweet spot: 18 x 200MHz QDR = 3.6GHz, so PCI/AGP lock shouldn't be much of an issue.

 

[bupkus]

Originally posted by: pxc

Originally posted by: bupkus
What overclocking can be done with the Celeron D?
X-Bit labs
Sharkyextreme

both of those reviews are with the older C0 stepping. The 2 sSpecs listed in the first post are D0 and E0 steppings. The pack date on both of mine are from the beginning of January and are E0 stepping processors.

Overclocking isn't guaranteed, but these 2.4GHz CPUs are the sweet spot: 18 x 200MHz QDR = 3.6GHz, so PCI/AGP lock shouldn't be much of an issue.

That's good to hear cause I've been struggling in deciding on a mainboard. It seems none of them heve everything I want.
For just one for myself, I want a first line board that will overclock and if possible has an IGP. Abit and ASUS have some front runners.

For the rest I want a microATX form factor that can overclock maybe some... or not. More importantly, an IGP to play kid's educational software. I heard ATI has a chipset that has a 9200 video chip but I haven't seen any for sale. I hope they are as good as the nForce2 IGP and available soon.

 

[pecel]

No FRYS here



:|

 

[mercdrive]

no fry's in michigan either wish i could get one

 

[puppyfriend]

The plu is 4196153. It's for a M952. The M950s are the same price but they don't support Prescotts.

Originally posted by: mdetz
Puppyfriend, do you have a PLU# for that mobo?
which frys u at?
looks like all the d's are on clearance.
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