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Originally Posted by bronco67
Can anyone explain why they would advise to get an AMD, other than you think the name is cool?
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sure, I just built a new upgraded computer a couple months ago. I decided to go with phenom II. it was a price performance thing.
the i7's have better encoding performance, but at a higher price. not only the cpu price, but the ddr3 prices, and motherboard prices. the latter will fall over time for sure.
i'm satisfied with what i got for the prices. IIRC i went with some stable low latency memory, lower frequency memory over slightly faster mhz with heating stability and price downsides.
off the top of my head my motherboard cpu memory combo was probably 40% cheaper than a typical stable i7 build. like by that i mean a good asrock (an asus subdivision) motherboard and not ecs junk.
but, buy whatever suits you, just keep in mind in a few months the price has dropped and it is not nearly the fastest anymore.