AMD or INTEL

[skanoobanarchy]

I know there was a thread about AMD and INTEL but i got a ques. what would be better for me to use if i was going to be using these programs:
Steam, Counter-Strike-and other games, GAIM, Adobe Photoshop, listening to music, a file transfering prog.-like that gift prog, while on Gentoo Linux with Gnome desktop.I would probably have a few progs going at the same time like CS and GAIM and maybe the internet. things say AMD cpus also are cooler than intel USUALLY

My other specs would be:
1gb of mem.
128-256mb graphics card

I think AMD would be the better to use but you tell me what you think.

[tylerwylie]

Is this truly necessary?

[skanoobanarchy]

yes it is, oh and is amd xp or amd 64 better forgot to add that

[stormrider]

Either will be fine. It is all a matter of personal preference, and I have usually heard intel processors run cooler than AMD.

[Giro]

There is a thread on this already how is this differnt (Apart from adding a few games to a list)?

[gucuiwen]

it is said that in the domain of 64 bit CPUs
the AMD64 is much cooler than IA64

if you would run a 64 bit operation system or software in the future
i suggest you select AMD.