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I agree with Shackran.
How is a manufacturer offering a new processor a downside? I doubt many people are going to jump on the 64bit bandwagon immediatly. I prefer the AMD (2800 Barton on a Gigabyte GA-7N400 pro) just because I get great performance at a lesser cost than the Intel.
It does get hot, but, that is easily remedied.
Mustang91, I would opt for more ram though. Depending on what you are going to do, 512 is pretty much baseline if you are going to use XP. The Intel powered notebook I am using as I type this has 512, uses 300+/- daily and I don't rip or play games on it.
My AMD desktop has a gig of Corsair XMS and uses much of it depending on what is happening at the time of course. I have never used all of the ram, but have hit higher than 800 during dvd rip and burn sessions while watching tv (Radeon 9700 AIW), and just dinking around on the net. Office applications don't seem to tax the system very much as I am usually scratching my head and thinking, so they are often idle.
You might want to look at a larger power supply also.
Good luck(amd), and have fun (amd) with whatever(amd) you decide (amd) to do.
(amd)=subliminal
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