One thing for sure, more people knows Intel more than AMD. Intel's advertising is everywhere while AMD ones are lacking. Try to ask those people that do not know much about PC Hardwares and when they wanted to get a new rig, they will ask for Intel straight away.

I tried checking with my dad before about building a PC and he insist getting Intel. When i told him about AMD, he was like blurred on how trustable the brand is due to the lack of advertising available.

Anyway, in general comparison and normal usage, i really doubt anyone can feel major difference between the low end models like X2 3600 with E2140. Benchmarking wise, ok, there are differences. Other than that, i felt that it is negligible. For budget concise people who do not have any extra to spend (aka, its RM250 FIRM on a proc), getting an AMD is not a bad idea anyway. Somehow, its better than what you think and the difference between both C2D and X2 is almost unoticeable.

What makes people worried is that when they ask, people will say, go C2D. They are better. How much better is not mention in any sort of way and people would start having an assumption of C2D is WAYYYYYYYYYYYY better than X2 in cases.

Else, if your budget are expendable, going C2D aint bad either. In a case IF you decided to learn about OCing in the future, its a good choice of having a proc that are ready to do the job very well indeed. Anyhow, it is not good bashing AMD with those crucial statements. Wait till AMD regain their crown and people will bash Intel again. With current price war, consider yourself ready for a good purchase of any procs available around...

Well said, I was also quite suprised at the celeron too. I was building a budget PC for my sis and used the Celeron 3.06GHz (D346). and it was faster than my old P4 2.4 that I left at home by a mile, considering that I reformatted and reinstalled both with a new OS at the same time, and both are using 1GB RAM. And I still prefer to work with the Intel's HSF, having owned many AMD proc in the past, i still have nightmares when dealing with their HSF. At least the AM2 was an inprovement in design, but the Intel's one are still easier to install, ecspecially if you're new to making your own PC.

im c a thread on web say that AMD will flash price on 9/7/07 ...its it true...???

According to our HK news correspondent, the Intel E2140 CPU priced around 600HKD ~ 700HKD is all sold out at major shops at shopping complexes e.g. Sham Shui Po.

This CPU, as we reported earlier, is the lowest end Core 2 Duo processors targetting the AMD X2 3600+ processor. The processor is supposed to outperform the X2 3600+ 1.9GHz 65nm priced at HKD 539.

but right now.. 3600+ price reduced...
the thing is who want to buy single core amd since the price quite same..
better for us then.. X2 price drop.. can get X4 cheaper..