I'm trying to rebuild my college-era Gateway with a dead Northwood mobo. I decided to salvage the following:
All-in-Wonder 9200 SE (Wal-Mart Edition)
1.5 GB 2700 DDR RAM (1GB + 512 MB)
160 GB IDE HD
Audigy 1 Sound Card
LG DVD-burner (Burns DVD-RAM!)
Floppy Drive (will put it back in its original 1997 AMD K6 home after flashing bios)
I decided to upgrade the mobo/CPU as such:
ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA LGA 775 VIA PT880 Ultra ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813157107
Intel Celeron 430 (Conroe-L 1.8Ghz)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116039
I'm planning to use this rebuild/upgrade for my sister primarily as a HTPC or hopeful replacement for her 1.2 Ghz Celeron (I'm not forseeing OCing given the type of RAM).
I also have a Pentium D 820 (2.8 Ghz) lying around from a previous attempt to build my own system (I later decided on a C2D ).
Before I commit to the final build, is there any advantage/reason to having the Pentium D over the newest Celeron (or vice versa)?
All-in-Wonder 9200 SE (Wal-Mart Edition)
1.5 GB 2700 DDR RAM (1GB + 512 MB)
160 GB IDE HD
Audigy 1 Sound Card
LG DVD-burner (Burns DVD-RAM!)
Floppy Drive (will put it back in its original 1997 AMD K6 home after flashing bios)
I decided to upgrade the mobo/CPU as such:
ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA LGA 775 VIA PT880 Ultra ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813157107
Intel Celeron 430 (Conroe-L 1.8Ghz)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116039
I'm planning to use this rebuild/upgrade for my sister primarily as a HTPC or hopeful replacement for her 1.2 Ghz Celeron (I'm not forseeing OCing given the type of RAM).
I also have a Pentium D 820 (2.8 Ghz) lying around from a previous attempt to build my own system (I later decided on a C2D ).
Before I commit to the final build, is there any advantage/reason to having the Pentium D over the newest Celeron (or vice versa)?