What influences my decision to buy AMD? For what seems like forever at this point, AMD has been the "best for your buck" option on the market and even as the performance has improved generation over generation, narrowing the gap between AMD and their competitors, the prices have remained fairly consistent in being excellent value for the money. Buying AMD, especially these days, I don't feel like I'm compromising to save money, rather, I'm just getting great performance at a really good price.
Where AMD GPUs are concerned, I have to say, I feel like both Sapphire and PowerColor have been absolutely killing it with some solid cooling, excellent reliability, and top notch customer service (in those rare instances where it's needed), and those are both exclusively AMD partners. So, in addition to getting that stellar price to performance, I just feel way more comfortable and confident buying an AMD GPU because of the quality associated with those partner brands.
And when it comes to CPUs/motherboards, I appreciate AMD's commitment to supporting motherboards beyond just a single generation of CPUs. If I had to buy a new motherboard every time I wanted to upgrade my CPU...well, I'd either upgrade way less often or I'd start considering AMD's competitor. And, honestly, I just appreciate the reduction of e-waste afforded by being able to keep a motherboard across multiple generations. It's a small thing, but it really matters.
