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I am building a computer for my daughter to take to college. One of my
considerations is using a processor that runs very cool to help keep the
temp in her shared, unairconditioned dorm room as low as possible.

I was thinking about the latest generation of celeron processors but I am
open to suggestions. She will be using MS office, MSIE, email etc. She is
not a gamer.

Your thoughts are appreciated!

rich c

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I am building a computer for my daughter to take to college. One of
my considerations is using a processor that runs very cool to help
keep the temp in her shared, unairconditioned dorm room as low as
possible.

I was thinking about the latest generation of celeron processors but I
am open to suggestions. She will be using MS office, MSIE, email etc.
She is not a gamer.

Your thoughts are appreciated!

rich c

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Yes, a celeron will work fine with this, but a P4 even better. I actually
can't see the heat off of the system making that drastic of a change in teh
room temperature- personally.
 
I am building a computer for my daughter to take to college. One of my
considerations is using a processor that runs very cool to help keep the
temp in her shared, unairconditioned dorm room as low as possible.

I was thinking about the latest generation of celeron processors but I am
open to suggestions. She will be using MS office, MSIE, email etc. She is
not a gamer.

Your thoughts are appreciated!

rich c

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Sounds like a laptop would be the best choice (portable, takes up
little space, uses less energy). A used laptop may be good enough and
save you some bucks.
 
Celeron is fine for homework and doing research on the 'Net - that is if she
really *is not* a gamer - but what's wrong with a good game and neat system
to play it on - excellent form of R & R [ and beats the pants off college
drinking for those who want to succeed ]. I'd be careful about spending
*too* much on a computer that sits in a dorm unless you know it will be
secure.

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| On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 03:10:09 GMT, "Rich Czuba"
|
| >I am building a computer for my daughter to take to college. One of my
| >considerations is using a processor that runs very cool to help keep the
| >temp in her shared, unairconditioned dorm room as low as possible.
| >
| >I was thinking about the latest generation of celeron processors but I am
| >open to suggestions. She will be using MS office, MSIE, email etc. She
is
| >not a gamer.
| >
| >Your thoughts are appreciated!
| >
| >rich c
| >
| >*remove "nospam" if replying by email*
| >
|
| Sounds like a laptop would be the best choice (portable, takes up
| little space, uses less energy). A used laptop may be good enough and
| save you some bucks.
 
get a second hand Tualatin Celeron & a Mobo for it....
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- Indeed! Concur. Excellent nongamer machine. Better performance than
some later highclock P4-Celerons. And that aprox. 1GHz label isn't
going to be drooled over by scavengers either.


ancra
 
thanks for all the input. the LCD monitor makes alot of sense and we will
go with that. i am interested in why the new celeron low on everyone's list
for this app?

rich c
 
Okay, I'll put in a good word for the Celeron. A couple of months ago
I put together a 2.0G Celeron and an ECS L4S8A2 motherboard for $137
($70 + $67), which cost less than the P4-2.4G which was and still is
about $160. I'm currently running at 533MHz FSB which translates to a
2.6GHz internal CPU clock frequency, and the computer has been running
very reliably 24x7.
 
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