AMD vs Intel

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Intel or AMD processor?

Why an Intel processor over an AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) processor? There are a few reasons. Price isn't one of them. One is the leading edge of development in the micro/nana technology is at Intel. AMD does do research and development but they lag behind Intel in most respects. The race does not have an end in sight but has lost a contestant, Motorola.

AMD was brought into the processor manufacturing business by Intel back in the 1980's. Intel could not keep up with the demand for the 8086/8088 processors so instead of farming it out overseas they farmed it out to AMD. Unfortunately there was a suit by Intel against AMD over the 286 and 386 processors claming that AMD reverse engineered the processor to design their versions of the processor. That is history this is now.

AMD seems to have a slight advantage when it comes to speed, this how ever has a draw back, a very large draw back - HEAT. All AMD processor will run at a higher operating temperature than a comparable Intel processor. Heat has a detrimental effect on devices regardless of who manufactures them. Even with more than adequate cooling the AMD processor will not last as long as an Intel processor. The cost difference between the two processors will not compensate for the increase in your electric bill, increase in power consumption to drive the processor means an increase in your power bill.

From a personal view point as a computer repair tech and systems admin I have seen AMD processors fail. At one time I had the responsibility for over 150 servers. The company I worked for insisted on Intel systems. There are always mavericks in all walks of life. I inherited the support for five servers that were AMD systems, over about four years I watched them die off, two actually melted the heat sinks to the processors. One I am not sure if the processor or the power supply killed it, it caught fire.

There is an old axiom: Buy cheap get cheap.

If you buy an AMD system today you may be buying another one in the near future.

Then again AMD may figure out how to obtain their high clock speed with out consuming so much power that the heat sink glows in the dark..........maybe.

INTEL CORE 2 C2Q Q6600 QC LGA775 2.4G 2X4MB 1066MHZ BOX P/N - BX80562Q6600
INTEL CORE 2 DUO C2D E6750 LGA775 2.66G 4MB CACHE 1333MHZ BOX P/N - BX80557E6750

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