AMD has been suffering ever since Intel redeemed themselves with their Core architecture processors, they overclock great (you can reach 4Ghz easily on a e8400), low temps, low voltage, and great value in terms of price. Not to take anything away from AMD their still a great cpu manufacturing company who consistently is still developing quality processors and selling them at a much lower price then its competitor, but if you want the best of the best you have to go with Intel, don't take my word for it just look at the many benchmarks. Also Phenom did not live up to its expectations.