[_asummers]

I understand your point, and agree with the spirit of it, but a few consumers buying Ryzen chips isn't going to make one bit of difference. A couple data centers buying dozens of racks of them, however, would be more measurable. Hit em in the B2B not the B2C.

[zolthrowaway]

I agree with you, and you are right. However, most people aren't making decisions about what types of chips to use in a data center. It would be wonderful if the people in those positions explored non-Intel options. For the average consumer, all we can do is choose which company we buy a CPU from every few years. People buying Ryzen chips incentivizes AMD to keep making chips and stay in the market. Competition is good for consumers. I totally get that it is a lot more complex than that, but I personally feel like it's the best we can do as the average consumer.

[_asummers]

For sure. Like I said, I agree with the spirit, and you can obviously only do things within your own sphere of influence. I'm also planning on doing a Ryzen build for my next PC. I'm just trying to be realistic to say that even thousands of consumers switching won't make a huge dent in their bottom line. B2B is really the only way to influence a company as large as Intel, unfortunately.

[zolthrowaway]

You're definitely right. I'm just feeling idealistic this morning :). I hope you enjoy your build and it goes well. I'm getting my 1600 this week.

[epicide]

Yep, nobody gets fired for picking Intel, so to speak.