AMD Phenom versus Athlon X2 @ PC Perspective

This is a subject that has been somewhat beaten like a dead horse. Still it is a very good read. It also gets away from the Intel bashing AMD that many sites seem to focus only on. 

"It is not much of a stretch to say that AMD may have been a tad bit aggressive to pursue a monolithic quad core architecture while still using their aging 65 nm process. The chips we have are big (280 mm square +), hot, and power hungry considering their clockspeed. Perhaps a case of "A Bridge Too Far", but one that was forced upon them by the continued competition from Intel in the form of their Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad families of products. While the Phenom does come close to catching Intel in terms of per core performance, it does fall short in most applications. This has lead most reviewers and quite a few enthusiasts to pronounce that AMD is "toast"."

To bad I think the Phenom is to advanced, and to large. I think this really kills the overclocking.  I was really looking forward to doing some, but had to pass on the Phenom for it's lacking ability to overclock. 

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