[anigbrowl]

Or you could just spend it on a second AMD machine. Intel certainly leads on raw power but that's certainly not the only consideration...is the Intel brand worth 3x the price after you normalize for performance? I think AMD will sell a ton of these.

[tewks]

The power consumption of two AMD machines over their lifespans, compared to that one Intel machine, might be an issue though I've not run any calculations.

[anigbrowl]

For a server farm, that is definitely a big issue. for office computers (not maxed out most of the time), the difference is pretty marginal IMHO.

[randallsquared]

3x the price after you normalize for performance

The relationship of price and performance is not linear.