Sheriff, > Only when the difference is extreme and/or one processor has simply unacceptable levels of power use.
Form factors are shrinking. OEMs don't want to deal with unnecessary heat.
Even custom builders don't want to deal with it. Why buy a hot chip that performs no better than a cooler one? You can save on the cooling hardware, or overclock, or just feel better about the fact that your system isn't a space heater.
Of course, AMD can drop the price even more, but that's the result of being uncompetitive, not evidence that AMD can remain competitive.
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