(11-21-2014, 12:16 PM)DatKid20 Wrote: The G3258 when overclocked to 4.7ghz (The number I keep seeing) takes as much power as the Athlon.
The real reason I didn't want to overclock was because of the increase in power consumption. If an OC'ed Pentium really does use less power than an Athlon at stock in the real world, then I'd be happy to overclock. Guess it is worth it then!
[CPU - AMD Athlon X4 750K] [GPU - AMD Radeon HD 7770] [RAM - 8GB @ 1866MHz]