AMD or INTEL

I don't mean to intrude, but it is proven that Intels are hotter than AMD processors. I'm not sure where you get your information, but AMD's are known for being cooler than intels, especially with their stock fans. Even the higher end X2's run cooler than Intel's first dual cores the pentium D's. The only Intel that came out that could compete with AMD cool temps. is the new Core 2 duos. But they are still more expensive than most of the X2's. You might want to check out some AMD's because your missing out for just thinking they are hotter.

This is true, it depends on how you would use your PC, that will tell you which procie is better to use.

Actually it doesn't depend on how much load, but actually the type of load you are doing. If your doing business stuff like word, excel, Intel will do them better. If you are playing games and going with that load, AMD is better, the extra ghz you get from intel helps out with that load for business, while AMD gives you more FSB to handle the extreme gaming.