Definitely. Building your own PC is quite the achievement, and can be quite an enlightening (and frustrating!) experience. It is well worth the effort! 
The 8350 I have is definitely a bit of a juice hog, but because I don’t have it overclocked and shut my PC down anytime I’m leaving the house (which is everyday in some capacity), that’s why it only costs an extra few pennies a month. My computer is maybe, at the most, on for about 4 hours a day. I use my phone for casual web browsing and listening to music and even to stream Netflix when I’m by myself, my computer is really only used for development and playing games.
However, if you do have extra money, do go with Intel. Energy efficiency is quite important these days, AMD say they’re working on more energy efficient CPUs but it could be a while before we see those. You really can’t beat the price of the 8350 though, it’s quite a capable CPU.