Newegg's sortiment isn't poor. Would this be the kind of AMD CPU you are looking for?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103197
Just requires an AM2 mobo, but afaik it will run with DDR2 so basically it will be a bit cheaper and a bit slower than the system you suggested earlier with the Conroe-L...
Nono, not until Conroe.. Just after the P4 was released and until Conroe, which is only a couple of years, that was the time where AMD was the wiser choice for normal consumers. But that wasn't really due to superior design by AMD was it? It was mainly because Intel decided to go for long pipes and high clock-speeds, rather than good clock-for-clock performance, which turned out to be the wrong way to go..processor today will suffice for web browsing.
IMO AMD offers are always better. Cheaper prices. And until Conroe, better performance.
So those 2 years that AMD was way ahead of Intel, means more to you than the 15 years Intel was (and is) ahead of everyone else?Call it Intel's mistake, but that tells me that AMD does design good processors.
Don't bash Intel just because you choose to disregard facts and buy a slower processor than what Intel could offer for the same price...