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Sudhian has posted a review on the Intel Celeron 2.0 GHz



The Intel Celeron line of processors has been a mixed blessing for hardware enthusiasts over the years. Despite always having the latest Pentium technology and serving the low end market well with adequate office and 3d gaming performance, often times the Celeron was a prime candidate for overclocking. To distinguish the Celeron line from the more expensive and higher performing Pentium, Intel often offered the Celeron with a different cache setup and further hindered performance by utilizing a lower Front Side Bus (FSB). Original Celeron users could often times overclock their 266, 300, 366, and 400MHz 66 FSB processors to a 100 FSB, which would give them a resulting processor speed of 400, 450, 550, and 600MHz. Not only did one gain the MHz increase but at these overclocked speeds the Celeron nearly matched the performance of the much more expensive Pentium II processor.
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