I had always had an AMD CPU. Most likely because until recently, you could get a an AMD CPU that was noticeably cheaper and faster than its Intel counterpart.

Nowadays, you can compare similar AMD and Intel CPU's, and Intel leads the way as their price is around the same, but the speeds are (basically) faster. Not by a giant gap, but still, credit where credit is due, lol.

I've never overclocked, I need my parts to survive as long as possible, lol.  And, even nowadays when its easier to safely overclock, I have four cores and am speeding along, so I still don't bother with it as I might be able to squeeze out an extra 400mhz-500mhz? I'll forego a 20% faster render for piece of mind in stability and longer wear life. Besides, I'll eventually get my old PC back in working order, which has a dual core and network that together with my quad core for Bryce rendering.  ;oD

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