Celeron D 3.2GHz &WD Black HDD or Core2Duo 2.66GHz
Would a desktop computer with Celeron D 3.2GHz and 7,200rpm Western Digital Black 2.5" 500GB HDD with 16MB cache, would upgrade RAM, be slower than:
Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz, good CPU cooling and other fans, best Fall 2009 1GB graphics, supports DirectX 11, old 7,200rpm Western Digital 3.5" 500GB HDD with 16MB cache, 9.5GB RAM DDR2? HDD specs for the latter computer: http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/internal-hard-drives/113262/western-digital-caviar-se16-wd5000aaks/specifications
Both have Windows 8.1 Update 1 installed from scratch and S-ATA II.
The reason I'm asking is because I bought the latter, and am thinking whether the former would be a better choice for Logos 5.2a and multitasking (would have Accordance open at the same time) if the price is about the same? I would give the computer to my friend who would use it for books and surfing. It's not for myself, I prioritize laptops for myself and don't always need great performance, (You can see my computer specs in my signature).
The speed of entire library searches doesn't matter at all, the libraries are small.
I know disk has a big impact on performance, and that the Celeron D might be too old, that's why I'm asking. I realize these are not high-end computers. I'm also concerned how many more years the computer can be used but somewhat ready to change the drive before there's errors. I haven't found better cheap disk options. There is a used SSD for sale, 120GB Kingston SSDNow v200+ - I haven't asked how much it costs and I don't know whether it's worn. And there's a 500GB hybrid drive for sale for $75½ used. Would either of those disks be worth the price? The Western Digital Black 2.5" 500GB HDD would be a minimum replacement for the disk which is in the Celeron D computer. The WD Black disk costs $45 +postage within Sweden. I calculated that if I get someone to copy over everything from the old disk to the new real cheap the total would land at about the same as for the Core 2 Duo computer, and it would be possible for me to sell the latter, but I have to decide soon.
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Processor Benchmarks => http://browser.primatelabs.com/processor-benchmarks shows Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 with a benchmark of 1371. Searching Geekbench 3 results shows Celeron D 3.2 GHz single core ranges from 629 to 829, which is slower than Intel Core 2 Duo E6750.
Found 2006 Celeron D 3.2 GHz review => http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/cpu/article.php/3261_3582616_9/Celeron-D-351-32-GHz-Processor-Review.htm
In a laptop with an Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 (Geekbench 1220), replacing 7200 RPM drive with SATA III SSD noticeably improved Logos and Windows responsiveness. When shopping for SSD, personally look for max sequential write speed over 500 MBps and max random write over 80,000 IOPS.
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There's also an 80GB SSD for sale, used in great shape for $60½. Smaller than that is not an option. The ad is from yesterday.
Would it be a great purchase? I was thinking for the Celeron D computer. Or would it be a good upgrade for the Core 2 Duo computer?Additionally there's a 4 week old ad with a 128GB SSD Kingston v200+ listed but it might be sold, if it's still for sale I might get the price down significantly from the $75½.
I haven't decided yet what do, I would need input if anyone is familiar with these CPU's!!?
This is what the Celeron D computer looks like, if You see the picture it's probably not sold:
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Unix said:
There's also an 80GB SSD for sale, used in great shape for $60½.
Noticed new SSD's have dropped in price. Various SSD models range in performance from slightly faster than a hard drive to substantially faster.
A substantially fast SSD noticeably improves Logos responsiveness. Hence, suggest checking random write IOPS and sequential write speeds.
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I found an OK store, it sells a brand new 7,200rpm 1TB HDD with 64MB cache Barracuda ST1000DM003 internal transfer rate 210MB/s, average search time 8.5ms, 2 year warranty, for $83.
But over here there's a 25% VAT:Noticed new SSD's have dropped in price:
Unix said:There's also an 80GB SSD for sale, used in great shape for $60½.
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It's an Intel, I thought it's a good SSD brand:
Various SSD models range in performance from slightly faster than a hard drive to substantially faster:
Unix said:There's also an 80GB SSD for sale, used in great shape for $60½.
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But I think Celeron D is dual core, doesn't the "D" denote that, just like in "Pentium D" which I know is dual core?:
Searching Geekbench 3 results shows Celeron D 3.2 GHz single core ranges from 629 to 829, which is slower than Intel Core 2 Duo E6750.
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Unix said:
But I think Celeron D is dual core, doesn't the "D" denote that, just like in "Pentium D" which I know is dual core?:
Celeron D 352 specifications => http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Celeron_D/Intel-Celeron%20D%20352%20-%20HH80552RE088512%20%28BX80552352%29.html show one physical core and one logical processer so can process one thread at a time.
Wikipedia article about Celeron => https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celeron#NetBurst-based_Celerons notes "D" for Pentium did mean Dual Core, but not for Celeron.
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