AMD VS intel
If you want to go for speed and willing to pay the price, the P4s with hyperthreading are ur best bet, although the new 64bit athlonfx processors that are out, have been said to meet up with or even exceed the speeds of the latest p4 processors. Now if your going on a budget, i would totally go with athlonxp processors, they are a better value for the cash. Especially if ya get a 333 MHZ FSB model