 owenhomekeeper of the magic blue smokePremium
join:2002-07-13
Bentonville, AR | reply to novaflare
Re: SOS, DD - Just smoke and mirrors I make no claim as to which is faster. AMD is faster than Intel, Intel is faster than AMD. It depends on the app. They are both fine products and have my respect. I recommend both, be it for different reasons/applications.
Some probably were due to OC but that does not account for the DOA's. The vast majority of AMD's I've returned were DOA or died before delivery to the customer.
Keep in mind, this does not account for regular builds. Those are usually from bare bones that are supplied from a vendor with the CPU already installed and benched. My numbers are only from custom builds, counter sales, and upgrades.
AMD does have a great product, don't get me wrong, but there is a need for both AMD and Intel products. Intel does have far fewer QC problems than AMD but you pay a premium for that. I would even venture to say that's the reason why you see Intel in so many more integrated systems.
If I were going to build a system with a critical mission, something that's extremely difficult to access and service after installation, maybe like climate control, it would definitely be Intel based. If I wanted an easily accessible storage server, web server, game box, etc. it'd be AMD. With servers, as far as I'm concerned, M$=Intel *nix=AMD.
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