Hello, I'm new here and i'm planing to build a PC for my first ime sometime soon. Hoping for some advice.
First of all i have choosen to go for a AMD processor. And i have my mind set on a the 939 socket.
Looking at the prices they seem high and slow when i read the speed in Ghz. For example the AMD 64bit socket 939 @ 2.40 Ghz would cost me about £200 where as the AMD Sempron 3400+ 64 Bit 2.0Ghz Skt 754 would cost me just £80. And then a pentium 3Ghz would cost about £215.
I wondered if anybody would be willing to help me on why paying more money for a slower frequency is worth it? Will a AMD dual core 2Ghz operate better than a 3Ghz (or there abouts) Pentuim? - Or shed some light on the real world difference between the different sockets and why the same clocks might operate differently.
Any help would be great, or a link to another page. I've been looking around but can't find comparasions.
First of all i have choosen to go for a AMD processor. And i have my mind set on a the 939 socket.
Looking at the prices they seem high and slow when i read the speed in Ghz. For example the AMD 64bit socket 939 @ 2.40 Ghz would cost me about £200 where as the AMD Sempron 3400+ 64 Bit 2.0Ghz Skt 754 would cost me just £80. And then a pentium 3Ghz would cost about £215.
I wondered if anybody would be willing to help me on why paying more money for a slower frequency is worth it? Will a AMD dual core 2Ghz operate better than a 3Ghz (or there abouts) Pentuim? - Or shed some light on the real world difference between the different sockets and why the same clocks might operate differently.
Any help would be great, or a link to another page. I've been looking around but can't find comparasions.