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Originally Posted by hat
Straight performance wise, no, but AMD cpus are cheaper
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I'm sure AMD's bean counters are over the moon with the average selling price...and if good-equals-good-enough then AMD's perceived CPU value doesn't necessarily bear close scrutiny against Sandy/Ivy Bridge Pentiums/Celerons
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Originally Posted by hat
and their platforms are more upgrade friendly.
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Helpful that AMD are happy to see the 800/900 chipsets soldier on into it's third year- not so much a marketing bonanza for motherboard makers.
I'm not entirely sure that "
upgrade friendly" applies to Hudson (FM1 socket) owners either. A year from launch to what is effectively EOL.