Best CPU for $180 - 220 range

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Originally Posted by Zulthus

Perhaps the IB is much stronger than the BD. All I'm saying is the performance from both brands is exceptional.

I'm running a very old Athlon ii x4 630. I haven't even upgraded from that yet because there's no need. High end games run perfectly, I render videos often, lots of photoshop/aftereffects work, etc. It's really fast... and it's so much worse than the more modern processors. I'd in fact say the IB and BD are too good.

Even if both are technically good processors what it comes down to is what someone is buying at the time. Right now Intel is dominating the entire line up. No reason to go AMD currently. However that may change when the Piledriver refresh comes later this summer I hope...