While talking to one of the computer manufacturers recently, they shared that they have a hard time selling premium laptops when it’s powered by an AMD processor. The issue might have to deal with market perception of the brand.
When the topic was raised, a lot of my friends in the media thought it was due to the decade-long perception that AMD processors heat up so fast. Actually, that’s not a problem any more (but the notion still persists up to now) but more like consumer tolerance on pricing.
The bottom line — it’s very hard to sell the Phenom brand at top tier prices, unlike the Core i5 or i7 series. And to think Intel’s new CPU brands are way younger (now we know that marketing is such a huge deal when it comes to brands). So people are willing to shell out tens of thousands of pesos for laptops with the Core i5 and Core i7 brand but would not do the same if it were an Athlon or a Phenom.
However, there’s a sweet spot — for laptops at under Php30k price tag, people have no problem with AMD processors. In fact, laptops with Athlon or Phenom processors sell like hotcakes as long as they’re cheap. There’s a segment in the market that are actually AMD fans (they say it’s the TipidPC market and it makes sense since those are people who really look for value for their money).
Here’s my question — when was the last time you bought a laptop with an AMD processor in it?
same sakin..I’m using Athlon x2 5000+ hindi nga original stock fan ang gamit ko eh..pang Athlon LE pa to..it means mas mababa ang speed ng fan.. 2600rpm lng..yung stock ng x2 talaga is 3000+rpm something. pero cool and quiet pa din sya..idle in 36-37 load in 41-47 almost 12hrs pong bukas yung PC
walang aircon or anything..just have 4fans on my casing. 2exhaust and 2intake. working great!
I bought the TuX gamer 3 years ago (AMD Turion 64 X2), thats the Acer 4520G. I couldn’t measure up the “power draw” because most Core2 laptops then were enormous power eaters. All the amd/core2 laptops then couldn’t reach much as 3 hours in battery life. I resigned to the fact that I can never buy a laptop with enough power for processing and still retain the battery life.
That is, until I shifted to Mac
(Which is Intel powered but the configuration is different)
As for a desktop, I recently built a QC pc, and there’s no competition here. The cheapest and best quad core I can get from Intel is the I5 760 na, anything below isn’t worth the price/performance. So I opted for Phenom II X4, which is a bang for buck deal (6500 PHP for the 945 model!), in which the nearest rival is the Core I3 (~5000) or the Core i5 6xx series (~8000), both were dual core with hyperthreading.
sabi nman sakin ng tga pcx kpg gagamit ako ng athlon II x4 630,,mobo ecs a780gm-a tpos s-series na casing with stock 550w psu inside kelangan daw ako magpalit ng psu kung magpapalit ako ng videocard..
@HECHANG -
Goodluck sa pagbuo ng Rig!
yes you might need to replace your Power Supply if you upgrade your Video Card to an extreme gaming mode..but if you will use (for example 8500GT) I think your Generic Power supply can sustain the power it needs. But for assurance better by a True Rated Power Supply..kasi almost lahat ng Generic kapag sinabing 500watts almost half lang talaga un..let say, 250+watts lng..unlike yung True rated..kapag 500watts..mga nasa 490watts talaga sya
I think AMD does not know the fact that their products sell the best on those who build computer-related businesses like internet cafés and hardcore pc gamers. AMD should make their way in introducing themselves to the general market so that they can get more attention. Only those who have average to extreme knowledge about PCs knows about the greatness of AMD, not the dumb PC users.
I know AMD can do better when it comes to the lower-end consumer market.
…and i noticed that people who have posted their comments here are the ones who have proper knowledge about computers. AMD should make their way in getting themselves known by more users
ok lang naman meron naman warranty yan, tsaka bihira lang naman masira ang processor kadalasan motherboard lcd keyboard pero hindi ang processor nagpapatawa ba kayo hihhi
tsaka hindi amd ang may problema kasi marami
pa rin naman mga tao hangang ngayon pentium 4 pa rin ang pinakamabalis na processor hihihi hindi na na upgrade ng technology yung mga utak nila hahaha “pentium 4″ talk of the town pa din dito sa las pinas hahaha
uh guys can you help me chose a videcard.my rig is core i5 650. and im using a nvidia geforce 210.im planing to change it this xmas.im not a hardcore gamer.i just need a better gpu.my budget is below 5k.what do you think is the best gpu card?thanks in advance
compaq presario cq42305au
kakabili ko lang nung november
amd athlon 2 p340 processor. ok lang naman gamitin. ala namang init init issues pero kung ikukumpara sa ate laptop ng ate ko na may amd p320, mas malamig ung kanaya
parang hindi umiinit
The core of your writing whilst sounding agreeable in the beginning, did not really work well with me after some time. Somewhere within the sentences you managed to make me a believer but just for a short while. I however have got a problem with your leaps in assumptions and one would do nicely to fill in all those gaps. If you actually can accomplish that, I could surely end up being fascinated.
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sana lahat nalang ng laptops ay powered na ng AMD para wala nang mahal na laptops. napansin ko kasi mas mura yug AMD at alam kong powerful rin naman yung AMD processors.naghahanap nga ako ng laptop na powered ng AMD kasi mas nakakamura ako.