As always, the answer depends on what you want to do with it. If you really are only going to play games on it and don't mind going for the worse value proposition, go for the Intel part. If you are going to hit it with literally any other workload, the AMD chip is far superior. For what it's...
Okay, here's an update. I tried the video card in a friend's PC and it worked fine, no issues. I also put an old Radeon HD 7870 (MSi) in the computer, and it still has the same stuttering issue. I noticed some large fluctuations in the GPU's voltage when it is in my computer (with both cards)...
Okay, so a little while my PSU blew a capacitor. Loud pop, melting plastic smell, immediate shutdown. I ordered a replacement, swapped it out. It booted fine. For some reason the GPU drivers no longer worked. Reinstalled them, no problem. All drives fine, RAM is fine. Everything seems okay so...