I'm a fan of AMD, mostly becuase they have always been rather cheap and to a lesser extent because they had a wide selection of motherboards to choose from. Lately I've felt that this selection of motherboards has dropped off, but it may be just Newegg's lack of supply. I've always shopped newegg, and only recently started using Amazon regularly after trying their Prime service. As for these new chips AMD release I just can't say they are anywhere near what I've come to expect from them.
I'm sure there is a niche somewhere for these chips, but it certainly wouldn't be in my house. 5ghz is cool and all, but what I really want is something that can at least perform within reason of and Intel ####K cpu while still retaining a favorable price difference, and not require reactor grade cooling setups to maintain a comfortable cpu temp.
