Yee I'm more of an AMD Player, their performance for the prices they ask for are amazing.
They are the poor mans Pc, and that is why I own some AMD stocks; When I bought something bad happened and they lost value I bought some stocks at just over a dollar.
Now they are worth over 6$ but they was worth more; I should have sold whne it was high.
Made well over 800$
The only difference with AMD, and Intel is you're sacrificing consistency in performance.
For example: If intel states their product is an 8core with 2.0 each; You best believe its going to be 2.0 on the dot.
But if AMD states the same thing; Well you could actually get a 2.0 that only does well enough for it to be 1.5, BUT you could also get lucky like I have and get an AMD product that is better then what was stated.
Overclocking helps too.