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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 19, 2012 – Intel Corporation today reported full-year revenue of $54 billion, operating income of $17.5 billion, net income of $12.9 billion.

How do you decide:

When choosing a computer CPU it usually comes down to two choices: AMD or Intel. The CPU wars between these two corporations have been going on for years, even resulting in antitrust charges filed against Intel several times.

Both companies have created some amazing and some unsuccessful products and both have followers among the techies. However no matter what company you prefer, you have to agree that competition is great for the consumers since it drives the prices down and promotes innovation.

You will find some more information about AMD and Intel, comparisons between specific CPUs throughout the years and links to Intel vs AMD benchmarks on the page below.

The webmaster likes Intel.

Intel Core i7-2600 Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I72600 32 nm Sandy Bridge
8MB L3 Cache - Intel HD Graphics 2000
Newegg price $300 (2/8/2012)

So the motherboard will have LGA 1155 socket.

The webmaster like Asus and