Katmai 600 vs. Celery 1200

[Jerboy]

I have a 600MHz PIII Katmai in my old computer(well... this computer.. my new system is still in pieces) and it seems like this particular processor goes for $180 on eBay, which compares pretty well to buying new Celeron 1.2GHz, Slocket and fan. I am thinking of selling this processor and going to Celery 1.2GHz, because according to my math, it will cost me none or very very little.

do you think this would be a worthwhile upgrade or could it even be a downgrade??? I understand that I'd be only getting 256K of L2 cache rather than 512K. Still, I think 1.2GHz Celery can smoke PIII running at half the speed even in most demanding, database or server application.


I am using Abit BE6 by the way. I hope it can take Celery 1.2GHz.

PS. P3's are significantly more costly than Celeron and to be honest, Celeron doesn't have as good "image" as P3.. but whats the difference in reality?

 

[CHHASmatroxuser]

Your Celeron 2 will only have half the cache, but it will run at 4 times the speed, more than making up for the size.
The Coppermine P3 has 256 KB full speed level 2 cache and it's faster clock for clock than a Katmai in almost every circumstance.

 

[oldfart]

You cant use the Celeron 1.2. It is based on the new Tulation .13u core. You can use a Celeron up to 1.1 Gig based on the Coppermine core. Even though its a Celeron, it will dust the PIII 600 Katmai.

 

[bacillus]

wondering who would pay $180 for a 600MHz PIII Katmai at present! :frown:

 

[muddocktor]

You could get 1 of the new cD0 stepping P3 coppermine 1 gig/100 fsb procs new for 180 or less. They are supposed to overclock real well, with 1.33 gig/133 fsb realistically attainable on a BE6, if it's version 2 with the 1/4 pci divider.

 

[Jerboy]

<< wondering who would pay $180 for a 600MHz PIII Katmai at present! :frown: >>



You'd be surprised...
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1285463526
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1286364797
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1286198636


Those are very recent completed auctions on eBay. Look at the number of bids on 'em. Don't pay attention to current bids, because you can not see a reasonable pricing until very end of the auction.

The very bottom one is used, 19bids and $170, it goes for $235 on pricewatch.com

 

[Jerboy]

<< You could get 1 of the new cD0 stepping P3 coppermine 1 gig/100 fsb procs new for 180 or less. They are supposed to overclock real well, with 1.33 gig/133 fsb realistically attainable on a BE6, if it's version 2 with the 1/4 pci divider. >>




Not planning any overclock.. I have all the parts for my new computer, but if I can do away with a simple processor swapping on my present system for now(for a few weeks), that'd be nice, because I really do not have the time for my new machine.

I have an ABIT BE6. Not BE6-II. And why would I want PIII instead of Celery?

 

[The_Lurker]

Good Luck selling your Katmai 600 for $180!!!!

 

[EXman]

It's only $180 if it is in a Sealed Box the used ones are less than half. Trust me I am trying to sell a Katmai 500mhz!