Huh. Alnoor, back off, Dick.
Anand uses Thunderbird 1GHz processors and MSI K7T Pro motherboards to run these very forums. I'd say the platform is plenty stable for a Workstation. Anand seems to agree.
cws101- Huh? I understand what you're saying, but there are some Content Creation benchmarks where an Athlon 600 beats a P3/900. Why? Because of the Athlon's rockin' FPU. It's not disputed that the Athlon has a much more powerful FPU than the P3. Please do a little research before you post.
And, with an AMD rig, you could upgrade later, without buying completely new equipment, in some cases .. You'll even be able to use mixed frequency CPUs with any upcomming AMD SMP system.
I am not an AMD zealot, but it's hard to recomend Intel.. It's a dead end, offers no advantage over the Athlon, is cheaper, and is certainly just as stable. The money you would save could be well spent on more memory, bigger HDD, or a better graphics card.