Athlon vs. Pentium

**Y2Ant** · 01-20-2006, 12:10 AM

So after having 3 Pentiums, and noticing that an AMD Athlon 3700 was much cheaper than a 3.7GHz Pentium, i've decided to give AMD a go. I've just realised though that the clock speed is running at 2.2GHz, and on the Pentium it says the speed is actually the 3.7GHz or whichever one I look at, so have I basically bought a 3700+ thinking I was getting a 3.7GHz and really only getting a 2.2?

I would overclock but I dunno how, or if it's gonna be dangerous or what.

01-20-2006, 12:10 AM	#1
Y2Ant Crows Before Hoes Posts: 24,501	Athlon vs. Pentium So after having 3 Pentiums, and noticing that an AMD Athlon 3700 was much cheaper than a 3.7GHz Pentium, i've decided to give AMD a go. I've just realised though that the clock speed is running at 2.2GHz, and on the Pentium it says the speed is actually the 3.7GHz or whichever one I look at, so have I basically bought a 3700+ thinking I was getting a 3.7GHz and really only getting a 2.2? I would overclock but I dunno how, or if it's gonna be dangerous or what.