David Wei wrote:
 
> Felix Miata wrote:
 
> Personally I avoid Abit stuff, but they seem to be getting better. Still
> tho, I'd avoid Celeron at all costs. Intel P4 class CPU absolutely
> *NEED* cache to survive. They throw in a pile of stuff that compromise
> efficiency for higher clock speed, and those inefficient design are
> sorta made up for by the larger cache. If the cache is shrunk down to
> Celeron level, the overall CPU performance would really stink...

For those who believe only the best will do, certainly the Celeron has
to be ruled out. However, for those who, like me, believe a multi GHz is
gross overkill also long as I/O and RAM bound, which is the current
state for most users, there really isn't a whole lot of seat of the
pants speed to be sacraficed. . . .
 
> That I didn't have a chance to test...

When you do (or even if you don't), here's something (4 mobos in various
sub configurations) to compare to:
http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/files/sbr.zip Except for RAM performance,
there is little difference between the tested P4 & the Celeron on the
AI7 & the GA-8IPE1000 Pro.
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