INTEL right now is better, but a little more on the expensive side... if you have room to expand your budget some then I would suggest the intel side. but AMD is cheaper, and since your not into frame rates and big time gaming, your not going to see much difference in the 2. I have the same CPU and mobo in a media build I have and for what I want it to do it rocks... and yes I have Doom 3 on it with a 7600GT and it plays just fine...