| if you're into games=amd
if you're into multimedia=intel
i have 11 amds and 4 intels and all are great if partnered with a great mobo. my preference has been amd because of the price to performance ratio. now that nvidia and ati introduced sli to the intel crowd, it would be a tougher choice (if you are financially able).
__________________ AMD64 3000+ Winchester @ 2.482GHz (310x8) ---- EPoX EP-9NPA+ Ultra ---- Palit GFX 6600 128Mb 500/630 ---- 2x 512mb PC3200 Kingston Hyper-X ---- 160 GB Seagate SATA NCQ ---- 17" LG-1730S LCD ---- Coolermaster Real Power 450w 3DMark 2005 = 3,170 AquaMark3 = 52,356 (GFX = 6,972 CPU = 10,511)  |