I completely agree.
Everyone's terms of "Value" are completely different. A buisness PC build at 500 USD would likely find more value in a strong CPU that can do Excel Spreadsheets faster than a home PC build at the same price that accepts a small drop in CPU performance in order to up the Video card.
But lets stick with some pretty simple rules.
Cheap Home Theater (AMD 45W or less) (This will change with Ion hits the scene)
Expensive Home Theater (Low power 45nm Core 2 duo)
Cheap Buisness (AMD Onboard Video and Mid range dual core AMD CPU to save power costs)
Expensive Buisness (Still the AMD on this one because the Value on the Phenom II tris and quads is higher than Core 2 at this range)
Cheap Home (AMD Dual Core (Kuma if its now or a 45nm dual core Athlon XP later)
Midrange Home (AMD Phenom II Tri Core has the most value here Save on the CPU to get atleast a 4850 if possible)
Expensive Home (Core i7 all the way! Core i7 kicks but because of the sheer number of transistors which means it can tear through ALOT more) This is a 1.5 Thousand dollar build atleast because after you spend so much for a quad core you WANT serious graphics and ram.
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