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    Sempron and Celeron

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Stalvros, Feb 10, 2006.

  1. Stalvros

    Stalvros Notebook Evangelist

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    Been hearing these terms quite frequently~
    But don't really understand what they are~

    Could anyone explain to me?
    Are they like chipset or maybe like precessor?
    And according to information, Sempron is better but why?

    What is a Sempron anyways?
    What is a Celeron anyways?

    Sorry for the trouble~
    Thanksin advance~
     
    Stalvros, Feb 10, 2006
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  2. USAFdude02

    USAFdude02 NBR Reviewer & Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Sempron is the lower cost version of the Turion.

    Celerion is the lower cost version of the Pentium.

    People go back and forth about which is better. I am sure you will hear both sides from everyone here.

    It will also depend on your needs. :)
     
    USAFdude02, Feb 10, 2006
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  3. Jenson

    Jenson Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Right, and they are different notebook processors, just to clear that up.
    The Sempron has PowerNow (battery saving) technology which saves you battery life versus the Celeron (which does not support battery saving) The Celeron runs hotter than the Sempron also, but I won't get into all that, there's been a big debate on that subject lately on here.

    Matt

    Matt
     
    Jenson, Feb 10, 2006
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  4. Stalvros

    Stalvros Notebook Evangelist

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    Lol~
    What's a Turion?

    Sorry, quite newb~
    Heard of it but dont really know of it that well~
    Would like to know more of it if possible~

    Can you tell me more?
     
    Stalvros, Feb 10, 2006
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  5. drumfu

    drumfu super modfu

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    turion/sempron are AMD

    pentium/celeron are Intel
     
    drumfu, Feb 10, 2006
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    Neero Notebook Consultant

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  7. Stalvros

    Stalvros Notebook Evangelist

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    Oh, so they its once again, Intel and AMD~
    Thanks for updating me guys ^_^
     
    Stalvros, Feb 10, 2006
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  8. ngamer007

    ngamer007 Notebook Geek

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    Not quite. Celeron is based on a totally different core design than the Pentium Ms. Same with Sempron. I know what you're saying, theyre basically AMD and Intel's lower cost alternatives to their primary notebook platforms.

    Basically, unless you want a slow computer with poor battery life, steer clear of both Celeron and Sempron based notebooks.
     
    ngamer007, Feb 11, 2006
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  9. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    No, the Celrons have long been based on the Pentium platform with some of their features turned off. The Celeron M is based on the same core as the Pentium M(dothan), the only difference being the power saving features and the 533MHz FSB, 2MB l2 cache where as the Celeron M has 400MHz FSB and 1mb L2 cache & hs none of the power saving features.

    Even in the desktop world the Celeron D is basically a cutdown Pentium 4.

    The Sempron follows the same principle(less cache, no 64bit) except that it has the same power saving features as the Turion. So in AMD's case you"ll get the same battery life as a comparable Turion but at the expense of performance which is a good balance since many people who are looking at a low end laptop do not need the performance just to surf the web and type documents but would want to have good battery life.
     
    miner, Feb 11, 2006
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  10. drumfu

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    what miner said.

    in a test on tom's, the celeron performed pretty much identically to the pentium M. the only real difference was the lack of battery saving features.

    the only technical differences now are the cache size and battery saving features.
     
    drumfu, Feb 11, 2006
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