is pentium the only way to go or would a celeron work ok

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Hey guys.
Well i talked to my computer salesperson (i had posted here a few days ago about getting a second computer). He said that the lowest chip made right now is a celeron 2.4Ghz. I was told only to get a pentium IV for recording so i 'm leary about this.

Would a celeron chip work ok for me? I won't ever record more than 3 or 4 tracks at once. My mixes will probably have say 10 or so tracks. I also want to use midi programs like reason. I am definatly looking for cheap here but i don't want to sacrifice too much quality.

Waht about AMD? are they a more inexpensive alternative?
Thanks

Dar
 
You shoud'nt go wrong with a celeron. Just try and get a 2.4 or higher.
 
yeah i have never tried an AMD. I have been adivsed to stay from them because they "run hot". apparenty there is like 80% more warrenty calls with AMD chips. I don't want headaches is all i know
 
If you're looking for low budget, see if you can get something with an AMD Duron 1.6 or 1.8 in it. Should be as cheap as the cheapest Celery 2.4-2.6 based PC, and will fully smoke it. I find it odd that all the big computer manufacturers build Celerons as their low end product, but I guess it's because who's gonna buy a Duron 1.6 when you can have a Celeron that runs 1 GHz faster for the same price. (yet the Celery's still 20-30% slower)
Clock speed sells.

add: Newer AMDs don't run that hot at all. My OC'd 2500+ is idling at a mere 113 degrees F with nothing special at all in the cooling department. If I ran it normal speed it would idle at around 100 F. Similar machines I've built with decent cases were idling at less than 95 F. (I have a bargain basement POS Packard Bell ATX case I stuffed a 400 watt PS in, and hacked up with a dremel tool.)
Newer Durons and athlon XPs would be similar as far as temps...
 
I'm currently running a Celeron 1.0GHZ with 512MB on CEP2 and have no problems, run at least 10 tracks. I say go with what fits your budget.
 
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