He has always stayed with AMD. FOr some reason i have too. I chose AMD years ago and just have never seen any benifits of the Intel chips. Of course the last time I looked at specs on chips I was in high school.
As far as features, most come with USB 2.0 and he's really going to like the 4 fold increase in front side bus speed.
All he really wants is a board that is bulletproof. And i want him to have it. Otherwise i am stuck fixing the little screwups.