To be honest, I've always been an Intel fan, this was the first AMD processor I bought, and because of the price. i series processors are overpriced IMHO. But I broke down and bought an i3 540 for $105 and a $30 mobo (eVGA P55V) on NewEgg... Couldn't stand the "wont work on AMD" crap anymore. Even though the only thing that wont work that I really use is OS X (LOL)