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Originally Posted by KPJ
I was looking at those too. Anyone have any suggestions which processor is better?
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Most of the literature I've read for the last year has strongly favored Intel's new CPUs over AMD's. Just a caveat though - I tend to research the server chips (ie Xeon) over the desktop chips, but the fundamental chip is still the same. As you push up into the i7 range of CPU I would definately favor Intel, and would probably lean that way for i5 as well. Just my opinion, for what it's worth.
If you are interested, I find "Tom's Hardware" on the web a great combination of technical information and common sense real world comparison for things like this.
Here is a link to
computer shopper, also favoring the i5 over the 630. It pretty much confirms what I've believe for a while now - Intel is back to being the performance leader, AMD is starting to compete on price.