Gaming or Budget = AMD Else = Intel I have looked into the differences for about a year now, if you dont believe me then thats fine, but I dont want to post pages of techincal information. I am more of an AMD person myself, even though I dont really play games. I want 2 FX-74 Quad Cores
I don't know much about AMD motherboard and haven't used once( no specify reason) so personally i will suggest INTEL.
I have an AMD and it performs exceedingly well compared to an Intel with same clock speed..And an AMD is also cheaper than an Intel
AMD is the best for me for both PC and laptop, but really for laptop i would advice you to use Intel Centrino since it is better for laptops.