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Originally Posted by Fish
I strongly considered switching from Intel to AMD CPU on my last upgrade because I thought it would be reasonably cheaper and I'd get more cores. But when I priced it out, I didn't find AMD to be much cheaper at all. Ended up going with Intel and I'm glad I did because it's running like a beast. Overclocked my 3.7Ghz Intel CPU to 5.0Ghz, and it's been rock solid stable and maintaining great temps. Way outperforming the AMD I was considering at the same price point.
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If you're want to OC and max out, AMD is not a great option. It can be done but they're just not that kind of chip. If you want out of the box performance, especially in an integrated chip, they're awesome.
But for a power OC setup, Intel is really it.