Stricktly AMD Athlon VS. Intel Pentium 3

[DBavaria]

Stricktly AMD Athlon VS. Intel Pentium 3

In this corner The AMD ATHLON
Weighing speeding in at a 900Mhz

Specs:
165.00 - Abit KA7
469.00 - AMD K7 Athlon 900 MHz CPU
17.00 - K7 Athlon Heatsink/Fan Cooler
168.00 - SDRAM 128MB PC-133 168 PIN
78.00 - Enlight 7237 Medium Tower - ATX
169.00 - Matrox G- 400 AGP 32Mb
14.00 - Mitsumi 1.44 FDD
164.00 - Western Digital 20Gb ATA66
78.00 - Complete PC System assembly
64.00 -Creative Labs Live - Value

And its challenger The INTEL PENTIUM 3
Weighing in at 800Mhz

Specs:
139.00 - Asus P3V-4X Via Apollo Pro 133A chipset
415.00 - Pentium III 800EB Slot 1 Coppermine
59.00 - Alpha PIII Super Cooler
168.00 - SDRAM 128MB PC-133 168 PIN
78.00 - Enlight 7237 Medium Tower - ATX
169.00 - Matrox G- 400 AGP 32Mb
14.00 - Mitsumi 1.44 FDD
37.00 - Promise ATA 66 IDE Controller
164.00 - Western Digital 20Gb ATA66
78.00 - Complete PC System assembly
64.00 -Creative Labs Live - Value

Which system is better??
Which is more overclockable??
And any suggestions on hardware changes??

 

[Insane3D]

I think both will be fast. I would think the Athlon would be a little more overclockable, but the cache is slower. I know my system is very fast, but I think if both were run side by side, the difference would be no noticeable..

BTW-Athlonoc.com has 900mhz Athlon that are guaranteed and tested to 1050 for $325..

 

[apoppin]

The P3 800EB is not very overclockable. You'd do better with a CBO stepping P3 600E-700E - should give you easily 800-900+Mhz. Plus you'd save money.

If you are looking for Athlons, you might consider the T-bird with full speed cache. Still waiting on the verdict on its overclockability - probably good.

Both systems would be very fast.

 

[Insane3D]

Here's the link for for the 900...

http://ocz.safeshopper.com/29/1476.htm?533