I am putting the specs together to build my first powerful gaming machine one part at a time. I have the motherboard selected but can not see much difference between a AMD or Intel. Is it just brand names or would one be better for a super charged gaming box?
AMD Intel both are very good processors but there are some basic difference. The first thing is that if you are planning to get a rig on a low budget then go for the AMD processors as at a very cheap rate AMD serves good processors for gaming comparing to Intel.
For high budget definitely go for Intel processors. AMD processors are better than Intel’s low price processors but AMD processor are no match for the Intel’s high grade processors.
There is not much difference between AMD and Intel processors. However if you are on a low budget, AMD would be a great catch considering they are cheaper. In your case though, a gaming machine requires a pprocessor with high performance. There is notable difference in frame rate between AMD  and Intel chip when using the same graphics card hence you should use Intel for a gaming machine.
