Is Celeron G1840 fast?

[ANXsucks]

I heard Celeron G1840 could be a good cpu for low end gaming but how about its overall performance? When it comes to video editing, photoshop, or just everything in general, is it fast enough?

 

[TerryLaze]

"Fast enough" is a personal preference but unless you do professional level stuff with files that are several GBs it will be ok.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

No, it's completely unsuitable. An i3-4170 is the minimum you should aim for.

 

[dudeman509]

Wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, but agreed, spending the little bit extra on an i3 would be well worth it.

 

[ANXsucks]

For now I could only afford either a Pentium g3260 or Celeron g1840. I was wondering if 16gb ram + Celelron g1840 is better than 8gb ram + Pentium g3260.

 

[dudeman509]

For now I could only afford either a Pentium g3260 or Celeron g1840. I was wondering if 16gb ram + Celelron g1840 is better than 8gb ram + Pentium g3260.

I'd go for the Pentium. 8 GB RAM is still enough for most tasks you throw at a computer these days, as long as you aren't leaving 50 browser tabs open.

 

[ANXsucks]

Is there a huge difference between the pentium g3260 and celeron g1840?

 

[dudeman509]

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Pentium+G3260+%40+3.30GHz

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Celeron+G1840+%40+2.80GHz

Enough that you'd notice in (some) games with a decent enough graphics card.

Still, with only 2 cores, you'll struggle a bit to run games that an i3 would run a bit better due to hyperthreading and higher clocks. The higher clock speeds will help it out vs. the Celeron in all the other tasks you mentioned as well.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

Don't bother buying a cheap CPU now because you'll have to upgrade it soon. The money you'd spend on 16GB RAM is better served towards the CPU.

If you can't afford the i3 now, wait until you can.