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I once had a Celeron CPU desktop. It was barely able to run the office suite and browse internet, let alone a game.

Yet they are still being made and sold. Is it only a price thing?
 
Cheap brands are the cause of high priced upper end product imo. Celeron is a piece of shyte and will stay simply because people think that paying R6000 for a laptop is a lot.

If the demand for higher end cpu's increase the production line will be utilised and shift intel's goal posts.
 
The Apollo lake Celerons are on par with the older core i3 cpu's, so not all celerons are bad. The Celeron 30xx series and lower are horribly slow though.
 
Speed depends on the OS, amount of RAM and computer configuration.
 
sajunky said:
Speed depends on the OS, amount of RAM and computer configuration.
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And:
The drive the OS is being run off of, the resolution used, the number of screens (tied to resolution) which is tied to the graphics powering it, CPU etc.

Celeron are the cheapest, lowest segment targeted to only deliver the basics, such as the office suite and not much more. They're only supposed to get the job done, the speed is unimportant.

The Pentium line is a slightly higher range, it's targeted to be the technologies/processors that are "paid off" in terms of they've outlived their life in the i3/i5 range. Some Pentiums are quite good e.g. the N3710 is quite cheap and can compete with the lower end i3 range.
 
I currently have a Celeron J3455 based system in daily use. Perfectly fine for web browsing, media playback and basic document processing.
 
Moosedrool said:
Hello intel. How are you?
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It is unfair. Actually I do agree with oldhat.
Not that I do have personal experience with this CPU, but looking at the specification, J3455 a perfect CPU for multimedia playing/streaming due to the hardware decoding engine (part of Appollo Lake family). It shouldn't be slugging in typical office applications either, as it is a quad core CPU (first time???).
 
Heh, back in the days of the cartridge-type CPU's the company I worked for also shifted a lot of Celerons.

But I can imagine the modern Celeron is more powerful than those Celerons of ages past. :)

But still would opt for an i3 as entry-level system, have used an i3 before, it is well suited for wordprocessing/spreadsheeting and web browsing, and some light games (those who don't make use of fancy GFX and intensive CPU processing magic). You just have to be a bit patient, but adding more RAM definitely helps a bit.

Recommendation is an i5 or better though.
 
I can get a 5 year old NUC with Celeron N2830 for R1k with 500GB /4GB. At that price would I regret it?

Main usage would be to hang of a USB drive as a always on network share. Secondary usage would be to learn Linux. Min spend of a new HP Gen8 is R3200, on a NAS would be R1800. I could spend 2K on a i5 NUC or R2600 on a old i5 laptop.

At R1K is the Celeron still something to avoid?
 
Any views on the N3350? The base clock speed seems quite low (1.1 GHz).

I'm looking for a cheap notebook to be used for browsing and word processing.

I saw some with the N3350, 4GB RAM & 500GB HDD.
 
Vis1/0N said:
I can get a 5 year old NUC with Celeron N2830 for R1k with 500GB /4GB. At that price would I regret it?

Main usage would be to hang of a USB drive as a always on network share. Secondary usage would be to learn Linux. Min spend of a new HP Gen8 is R3200, on a NAS would be R1800. I could spend 2K on a i5 NUC or R2600 on a old i5 laptop.

At R1K is the Celeron still something to avoid?
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That CPU is Q1 2014, just about hit 5. What resolution are you running it at? 720p playback should be fine.
Park@82 said:
Any views on the N3350? The base clock speed seems quite low (1.1 GHz).

I'm looking for a cheap notebook to be used for browsing and word processing.

I saw some with the N3350, 4GB RAM & 500GB HDD.
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It's fine, it bursts to 2.4GHz.
Biggest is feature is:
The chip also includes an advanced video engine with hardware support for the playback of VP9 and H.265 material (8-bit color-depth).
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Celeron-N3350-Notebook-Processor.182738.0.html
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So good for browsing/video playback, won't win any speed races but the hardware support should make video's quite smooth/no buffering issues hardware side.
 
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Nothing wrong with a Celeron. You must just chose the correct tool for the job, if you're trying to encode 4k videos with it you're going to have a bad time.
 
Vis1/0N said:
I can get a 5 year old NUC with Celeron N2830 for R1k with 500GB /4GB. At that price would I regret it?

Main usage would be to hang of a USB drive as a always on network share. Secondary usage would be to learn Linux. Min spend of a new HP Gen8 is R3200, on a NAS would be R1800. I could spend 2K on a i5 NUC or R2600 on a old i5 laptop.

At R1K is the Celeron still something to avoid?
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Perfect for such usage. It can even play 1080p-8bit videos. Desktop performance is on the low side, comparable to Atom Z3740.

A price? This is what you pay for 4GB RAM alone. If you can buy more, PM me.
 
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I will never buy a celeron again...yes i had one of those "desktops" and yes the celeron is must cheaper than a proper processor. Rather spend the money on a proper processor and put in more RAM

its the same as buying a bottom of the range AV receiver - dont do it - the shops will stock that cheap one, but even the guys at the shop wont recommend you buy it - buy 1 or 2 models up - you will thank them later - same with pc's
 
sajunky said:
Perfect for such usage. It can even can play 1080p-8bit videos. Desktop performance is on the low side, comparable to Atom Z3740.

A price? This is what you pay for 4GB RAM alone. If you can buy more, PM me.
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The device is from Cash Crusaders, they were using it internally for digital signage / TV demos and it has a bit of cosmetic damage on the fan grill and audio socket. The 2.5" HD might have been running daily (possibly non-stop) for 3 years. Well it boots to Win10 (slowly) and comes with a 6 month warranty. Demoed with a 12V1.5 amp charger (gave me the proper PSU) - the low power usage is worth the punt to have a always on machine that I can remote to from work. Or the other way round and take advantage of night time downloads.

They sold the i5 for R2000, and Celeron with 8GB RAM.
 
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