PIII 500 vs Celery 800

[SteveC]

I'd guess the Celeron would be best for office type work, but what about for games/multi media? I know the PC won't be doing much as it's a bit old!

[Nowhere]

go for Celeron - both cpu's have the same fsb, so that's not a bottleneck in this case (and I think that 500mhz P3 doesn't have L2 working at full speed, so it's bigger size doesn't mean that much in comparison)


zima

[SuRGV]

I think these charts will help you out.

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030217/cpu_charts-22.html

From what I've seen, Celeron is clear winner

[GuchiGuh]

I am currently using a P3 500 Mhz.
Seems alright, even for more daunty Photoshop tasks.