Just grabbed a new PC for the family. Thought about building one but in the end something good for the family is better to be bought in a store. Where this isn't a custom build I didn't even feel like posting here but we're in need of some forum activity.

Nothing spectacular, sad to see the cpu beats my PII 965. Sucks because I'm too much of a fanboy to "build" an intel machine for my main box, yet with bulldozer failing as bad as it is, there's no point in upgrading from my current chip .

So I guess we're going to call this my Sandy Bridge *cough* build */cough*.

i3 2100k
6gb DDR3
1.5tb hdd

Everything else is just manufacturer garbage but I figure it's going to be a fantastic system for basic everyday stuff, and who knows I may even convert it to a gaming rig in time should I run across a cheap graphics card.

I'll let yall know how it performs xD

you are not the only person that's disappointed with AMD.

Fail after fail it seems. Bulldozer isnt an upgrade so I am not changing anything out yet either.

I haven't been upgrading much lately but still I haven't had an AMD CPU since the early A64 (Clawhammer) days and when I go to build again, this fall or early next year at the latest, it will probably be Intel again. I never buy the most expensive CPU's available, so having the fastest chip never really affected my decisions, but it doesn't even seem like they have a very good price-point at the moment for what they are offering.

Agreed, they definitely struck out this time around. Last gen of AMD chips were at least competitive performance wise and had great price points.

Like I said it's sad that even the lowest end Sandy Bridge chip edges out my once "enthusiast" level AMD chip. Disappointing but eye opening.

yeah they dropped the ball big time with the utter crap that this bulldozer ended up being. Im pretty niffed about the whole bulldozer platform - which equals crap

Huge let down for all the fans too. I dont want them to stop making chips as it would help keep intel's prices outta the clouds.