AMD 6-core Phenom II $222 (5 times cheaper than Core-i7 980X)

Re:AMD 6-core Phenom II $222 (5 times cheaper than Core-i7 9... by anigbrowl on Monday April 26, 2010 @12:17PM (#1295189)

Or you could just spend it on a second AMD machine. Intel certainly leads on raw power but that's certainly not the only consideration...is the Intel brand worth 3x the price after you normalize for performance? I think AMD will sell a ton of these.

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Re:AMD 6-core Phenom II $222 (5 times cheaper than Core-i7 9... by tewks on Monday April 26, 2010 @12:24PM (#1295205)

The power consumption of two AMD machines over their lifespans, compared to that one Intel machine, might be an issue though I've not run any calculations.

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Re:AMD 6-core Phenom II $222 (5 times cheaper than Core-i7 9... by anigbrowl on Monday April 26, 2010 @01:33PM (#1295384)

For a server farm, that is definitely a big issue. for office computers (not maxed out most of the time), the difference is pretty marginal IMHO.

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Re:AMD 6-core Phenom II $222 (5 times cheaper than Core-i7 9... by randallsquared on Monday April 26, 2010 @01:17PM (#1295349)

3x the price after you normalize for performance

The relationship of price and performance is not linear.

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