Intel core i5 3570K vs AMD FX-6300

It's called marketing. As far as I know, only 970, 990FX and 990X boards support Piledriver. The rest, I'm not too sure of, but they probably could if the companies gave a bios update

I just checked Newegg and there are 49 different boards supporting AMD 3+. It also looks like almost every manufacturer supports it. You may have to update the bios at most.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007624%20600138080&IsNodeId=1&name=AM3%2b

 

you need an i7 extreme for school how else will you be ablle to handle word and powerpoint and such dudde. 

lol no but the i5 is overall faster, but for gaming an i5 and 6300 will be really close so if the extra 100$ is worth it go for it