The boxed Intel® Celeron® D processor based on Intel’s industry leading 90nm process technology is now with 256KB L2 cache and 533 MHz front side bus. An ideal solution for the value-minded PC buyer, the Celeron® D processor based platform can provide an affordable and reliable PC for the home or office. With proven technology from the leader in microprocessors, the Intel Celeron D processor is able to handle everything from the Internet to educational programs, making the Celeron D processor an ideal choice at an exceptional value. In this short article, I'll be playing with this budget CPU and give some feeling of the CPU's overclocking headroom
On with stock settings benching for baseline comparison before and after overclocking.
A glimpse of how the CPU performs...
Some results with commonly used gaming benchmarks...
No voltage is adjusted, just pushing the FSB. After a few minutes (actually, hours), I found the Max Rock/Full Stable Overclock of 169FSBx22 or a very healthy 3.718 Ghz. On with the comparison, to check whether it's a futile effort to overclock or if there is really any gain.
A glimpse of how the CPU performs...
Some results with commonly used gaming benchmarks...
Keep in mind that this is a relatively high-clocked processor, so lower clocked processor may, theoretically, give you more overclocking headroom. To check the ceiling of this particular processor, I'll push the FSB until I encountered stability issues. I will not tweak the vCore as well since I'm running on a stock heatsink. Finally, I'll play around with the multiplier, just to give a feel of how this CPU can perform on low multiplier and high FSB. So here are the results:
However, with a x19, which is the lowest currently available, 180FSB to 190FSB is reachable, and if with a decent cooler and vCore adjustment, 200FSB is doable. At 200FSB, that is a very healthy 3.8Ghz Celeron D.
The Celeron D on LGA775 is a monster overclocker, capable of hitting more than 3Ghz which. At this speed, there's a noticeable performance gain both in gaming and multimedia capabilities. Subjectively, I can feel that my browsing (yay) experience is faster, websites load much faster. If you're on a budget, or just transitioning and saving, the Celeron D can tide you over till your next killer rig arrives.