what will be your primary use for your future box? i think this is one of the few questions to consider when purchasing your box. AMD and intel based proc have very little difference when it comes to performance, what set's them apart is the amount of ventilation/cooling system you have to induce on them and of course the price difference, AMD cheaper than intel

anyway, the decision is still yours to make, maybe you can check out www.tomshardware.com to help ya out of comparing benchmarks i hope this helps