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Why did YOU get an AMD CPU instead of Intel & Why did you get an Intel instead of AMD?

I got an Intel Core i7 920 because nothing out by AMD at the time could touch it. 4 cores, 3.8-4 GHz overclock, the return of HyperThreading, unbeatable. Perfect for video encoding, gaming and computational work.
 
Because at the time, AMD had nothing that could reasonably compete when it comes to shifting frames.

Also with my form factor I have to be careful about motherboard choice as there's not a lot out there. There are, for example, only probably one or maybe two good AM3 mITX boards worth having, and they're hard to source. On the other hand, there are a good half dozen decent Intel LGA1156 and 1155 boards, that are sold in the UK.
 
Intel this time for price/performance with my usage profile. I have absolutely no brand loyalty - I went with AMD when their product was better. Same as gfx - I've switched multiple times (going back to S3/Matrox/Voodoo days) and frankly they all have their pros and cons so pick whichever fits best at the time.
 
I was offered a full Pentium Dual Core E2160 system about 5 years ago now, for £190. I was still using an Athlon XP 3200+ at the time, so 64-bit, dual core and 2GB RAM was a massive upgrade for the price.

I then purchased a Q9550 to go in the socket, upgraded the motherboard to overclock better, upgraded the RAM to overclock better, etc, etc.

Q9550 was the best purchase I ever made mind. Still using it...
 
I bought a 955be a couple of years ago because at the time it simply was the best chip for the money, without a doubt.

At 3.8ghz it's still solid now with xfire 5850's. I never have any issue on Metro/Skyrim/Crysis etc all at max


I've built 2 PC's for others since then and used 2500k's.... as performance was more of a factor.

Will be using an AMD chip for a HTPC soon - purely as I want to keep the cost down as much as poss!
 
Relative performance/price until recently has kept me non intel since I inherited a 486 dx 33 (which I clocked to a whole 40MHz).

My latest purchase was a Phenom II x6. Had I been buying a few months later when Sandy Bridge was out I would be rocking a 2500k for sure.
 
I was AMD before the 2500k and BD took forever to come out. I think even though BD flopped, I still would have gone for it, if it was released on time.
 
had both, and for raw power intel always won, for the builds where price/performance came into play amd where OK. But when raw power was needed always went for intel. You pay abit mpore but again you get what you pay for - ignoring recent bulldozers lol.
 
Not really a gamer, use a PC for coding visual studio and general tasks, VM's etc.

Always preferred AMD personally but have built Intel for others.

My last CPU was a 3800+ Athlon X2, I liked the idea of the hexcore 1055T when I changed it 20 months ago, have not regretted it at all.
 
Couldn't care less about brand. Got an i7 920 back in Nov 09 as it was the best thing around for flight simulator x and today still performs perfectly. Got AMD Zacate for a htpc. Brilliant little itx board, very low power consumption, completely passive & silent, no need for dedicated GPU with the APU onboard. Plays 1080p Blu Rays flawlessly. Also we have an athlon ii x3 for browsing, downloading overnight, office. Very happy with all three pc's.
 
Intel... cos the 17 930 D0 was free :D

slightly OT..
It did influence my choice of GPU though.
AMD & ATI are obviously going to work very well together, in my head it means that nVidia would work better with Intel.


my 2p
 
Ever since having an Athlon TBird I've gone off AMD. It ran so hot I didn't need any heating in the room (:D) and also I had quite a few stability issues that I never managed to resolve despite swapping pretty much everything but the chip! :/
 
I have an AMD 955BE.

I brought it as it offered all the performance i needed for an excellent price.

I am going to go for an Ivy Bridge build when it's released as AMD doesn't have anything competitive for what I use my machine for.

Tom
 
Fundamentally it boils down to me being an AMD fanboy, or perhaps just being anti Intel. I'm no longer quite so certain which it is... :o Regardless, I haven't bought an Intel CPU since 1996/7. I may be forced to address this psychological disorder with the probable change in AMD's priorities.

Then again there's always ARM. ;)

Currently my dinky m-ITX system houses an AMD 1055t (95 watt). It probably will do for the foreseeable future given more pressing priorities for my cash.
 
Bought myself an AMD Athlon II X4 630 over a year ago now, mainly because it was a cheap upgrade into the DDR3 platform from my previous Intel E5200. Luckily managed to unlock the 6MB L3 cache + overclock it by 700Mhz so got my moneys worth at the time! (£55).

Would definitely like to upgrade to an Intel i5 2500k at some point this year though, or a newer equivalent should one be brought out, but all depends on what the other half lets me get away with. :)
 
Had both AMD and Intel (and Cyrix sometime ago ;)). Go for the best at the time, i.e value for money and out right performance. Current chip is the Intel i5 750, had a couple of Intel Core 2 Duo's before that then AMD Opteron before that.

Probably going to upgrade to Ivybridge when it comes out.
 
I was a big AMD fanboy when they smashed the Pentium 4 with the athlon xp & 64's for the price they were great for games.

Then I used to read this forum before I joined and everybody was banging on how good the core2duo's were and I turned to the dark side and went to intel!! Great but I do hope AMD can pull it off once more :)

Still loyal to ATI mind ;) since the Radeon 8500!!
 
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