AMD or Intel in your main rig

[RON JEREMY]

intel

[n4l3hp]

if you're into games=amd
if you're into multimedia=intel

i have 11 amds and 4 intels and all are great if partnered with a great mobo. my preference has been amd because of the price to performance ratio. now that nvidia and ati introduced sli to the intel crowd, it would be a tougher choice (if you are financially able).

[Daniel ~]

This is why there is "caution" in the world!
I have no hopes of settling anything here. Just wanted to say that I found:

"It seems almost everyone here has went to AMD, so I am curious to see what the percentage of amd to intel is now, last year it was 2:1 amd:intel"

pretty straight forward and free of implications. If others found something more...perhaps they brought it with them when they came?

[dsio]

Easy way is to count the number of threads, and replys in the intel motherboards section, and compare it to the AMD section.

[SubaruWRX]

Amd Sepron 3100+ I had to build a cheap system until $400 which I did.. I moved from stocket 462 to stocket 754.

[Azriel]

I have intel machines. It's not a fair fight with my amd machines. They aren't even the same generations. I have found, howver, that the AMDs treat me well. Many people probably remember a thread of mine that caused some controversy and gave birth to the AOAIntel ID on the folding stats. At that time, i had always thought Intel was the better CPU, but went AMD because I was cheap. Well, after shelling out some cash for a PIII 800, I was quite disapointed to see that my 800 duron (the B team) processor smoked it. Now I know that's just one processor generation, and I can't apply that lesson to todays chips. I just lost all love for Intel at that point. I really felt wronged. I paid twice the price for the intel chip and a Tyan motherboard, and it was laughably beaten by a duron on an epox. Call me a fan boy if you like, but I won't ever buy a intel chip new again. I'll pick up cheap used ones if I need a basic machine and the price is right though.