As far as gaming goes, you really don't need to go with more cores. A good quad or dual core will do fine as most games don't utilize all those cores very well.
As far as AMD and Intel goes, if you're looking for a great budget gaming rig AMD takes the cake. I've been using Intel for the past 3 iterations of my computer. The last AMD processor I used was a x2 4400. Since then I have managed to get great deals on the processors from Intel which perpetuates my loyalty for them. I know plenty of gamers who have gone the AMD route and haven't been dissapointed.
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