For video-editing, you NEED the stability of Intel chipsets. For anything else, you can choose.
Processors alone aren't the whole picture. You need a motherboard to go with it, as well as memory, a videocard, etc. The new Intel chips need a new motherboard sporting PCI-Express videocards (slightly more expensive), SATA harddisks (same), and in most instances DDR2 memory (waaaay more expensive). That has to be part of the equation too.
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