Intel Celeron D 325 - Celeron D Prescott Single-Core 2.53 GHz Socket 478 Processor - BX80546RE2533C

Pros: runs cool and staedy Bottom line once OC this pcu out preforms those P4 starting at $xxx plus

Cons: only has 256k cache :( very sad

Overall Review: I put this cpu in my new Asus P4E800 deluxe and was able to OC this 2.5 to a 3.8 WOW. i ran pc mark o4 on it all night with out any lock ups. I benched marked the cpu oc at 3.8 with my friends 3.2 gig prescot and my Celeron out proformed his P4 by 18% WOW. I guess it would have been better if the celeron had 1mb of cache like my friends P4 but i paid $xx for my cpu and he paid $xxx for his. do the math and same some money.

Pros: This CPU Overclocks stably to 3.4 GHz! It runs alittle hot at this speed 59-63 c but it will run forever at this. I have had mine overclocked this far for 3 months now with no problems!

Cons: None Maybe alittle hot running overclocked but what can you expect

Overall Review: great CPU

Pros: Runs Cool and Fast! Great bang for the buck.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Bought this for use in a linux file / test web server. No problems so far. All the features of a P4 that I need and so much less money. No need for me to OC it, but I'm sure you could: hardware monitor is reporting 27 C at idle.

Pros: seems to work

Cons: Have received two of these, in two seperate orders. The pins are the row opposite pin 1 have arrived bent. hmmmmm......

Pros: Inexpensive, easy to install. Cooler fan was quieter than expected. Performance was better than expected (I haven't run benchmarks, but it seems "snappier" than the P4 2.4B it replaced).

Cons: Thermal compound Intel uses - I replaced it w/ Actic Silver 3. Runs warmer than Northwood-based P4 it replaced, but I expected that.

Overall Review: Too bad Celeron brand is still feeling the effect of the previous generation of Celeron chips - this is a Prescott core with a somewhat smaller cache than a P4, making it a very nice budget processor.

Pros: Dependable and Just.

Cons: Nothing a P4 wouldn't fix.

Overall Review: You know what you're getting when you go with a Celeron. This chip actually performs better than expected.

Pros: fast! cheap, come with a fan, come with 3 year waranty!!

Cons: runs hot11 42c when idle 51c playing doom 3 and other games. I only have one case fan!

Overall Review: my son was so happy to get his rig running! he desided on this processor after i made it clear that i didn't want to spend a lot of money on a P4. he is happy that he got this CPU. when he got home from school he raced up the stairs grabbed it out of the box installed it in under 15minutes(he put thermal paste on) and he is playing doom 3 in medium setting(he plays it on this for better fps's, it plays in high). he hooked it up on a powmax case w/ 450watt PSU, 512MB corsair XMS RAM, MSI neo PT880 MB, and an MSI radeon 9250se(64bit). he loves his machine! great buy. you rock newegg!!! why not us?

Pros: The price for performance is pretty good. If on a budget, this will do what is needed and overclocks well too.

Cons: Runs hot, hotter than I expected. Multitasking performance is noticable when compared to standard P4 and especially against hyperthreaded or multi-core systems.

Overall Review: I built a second PC and pulled my P4 3.2 (HT, 1MB L2) out for it and got this Celery 2.53 to keep the old PC operational. I was able to keep it stable with a 167MHz bus running at 3.2. Effectively replacing the old one. The response when running several applications is more sluggish and apps that would only consume 80% of one logical CPU with the P4 now consume 100% of all the Celeron CPU. But for the price, I am not going to complain much.