AMD CPUs Are a Good System Choice

Ever since 1969, AMD (Advanced Micro Devices Inc.) has been producing semi-conductors for use in server technology and personal computers. They experienced rapid growth during the 1990s as they competed with Intel for the desktop and server PC market. They came out with their own line of AMD computer processors (CPUs) which quickly became popular as a less expensive competitor to Intel. Since that time, the company has continued to grow and they now employee almost 17,000 people and they continue to produce various semi-conductors for various computer uses. Their most popular product, however, is still the AMD computer processor.

Some of the new processors that AMD offers for use as CPUs in PC's include the Phenom, Avalon, Opteron, Turion 64 X2 and several other chipsets. These chips are every bit as good or superior to the comparable chips manufactured by Intel. When choosing a new system, there is really no reason to choose one manufacturer over the other. In the past, AMD processors used to be priced lower than the Intel CPUs, but that isn't always the case anymore. Since AMD chips can sometimes outperform the same type of chip made by Intel, AMD has priced their chips to be closer in price to the Intel.

System builders also used to favor the AMD CPUs since there were higher margins in systems built with AMD chips. And since most people wouldn't know the difference between a PC built with an Intel chip or AMD chip, many systems were built using AMD chips. This was a smart choice as running Windows on either chip will give the user the same look and feel. There is absolutely no difference in the way Windows behaves with an Intel or AMD chip.

Also, home system builders also used a lot of AMD processors to get as much bang for the buck as possible. They are also favorites for overclocking. Overclocking simply means pushing a chip to a higher speed than it is rated for. With certain motherboard and processor combinations, you can push a chip to 15% to 20% faster than what it is rated for. Home builders have come up with many ways to do this with AMD processors. (However, Intel has kept up and now overclocking of Intel processors is also possible.)

If you are shopping for a new PC, you can't lose with an AMD or Intel processor. You may see a slight financial savings in an AMD processor as they can be priced slightly less than an Intel chipped computer. In any case, you will get a quality computer with excellent performance with an AMD processor.