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AMD vs Intel. An educated/experienced users' opinion.:
I had to laugh when I saw an eBay vendor's "guide" stating that you should buy AMD over Intel "because they're just better"... or words to that effect.
Let me preface my rejoinder to/expansion on that 'article' with a little background information about me, so you know that you're not just listening to a salesman's spiel based on the agenda that he can get more profit from you buying one brand over the other.
If you'd like to skip this bit, scroll down to the next line break... I won't be offended. ;-)
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My father (now retired) worked in computing since I was a lad (I'm now a father of two myself, fast approaching 40).
I've been using everything from the Apple II €+ through Intel and AMD for over 25 years now (and Sinclair, Commodore, Amstrad & Amiga prior to that).
I've designed, built & sold systems based around Intel and AMD both since around 1999 and prided myself on tailoring them to customers' requirements, whether they know exactly what those are or ultimately need the benefit of my experience to fill in the gaps in their knowledge.
I've helped design both a high performance watercooling system that took top honours in a respected magazine shootout, beating offerings from Swiftech, Asetek and many others and hand-built a performance PC that was featured in its own right with a dedicated three page article to boot.
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From the time of the Pentium II's debut, I was an avid Intel supporter. My main machine ran a PII 400 when the 450 was the fastest on the market.
I bought one of the Celeron 300A processors and overclocked it to 450MHz (as did many others - that chip opened up a generation of overclock enthusiasts). I upgraded from that to a 533A Coppermine chip and proceeded to overc... read the full article...
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