I'd be more open to AMD if Linux support wasn't so spotty. I haven't installed Linux on an AMD desktop in years so I'd like to hear if that's changed. While I don't mind Intel, I'd certainly prefer paying for performance at a lower price.
Using an AMD desktop now (Zen 2), no issues with Linux at all. Uses all the cores, and detects everything just fine.
How is driver support and what distro?
Archlinux. Didn't really need to consider drivers; things just worked out of the box mostly with exception of the GPU where I've installed the AMD driver via pacman (a one liner).