The more cores the better for music production for sure. If you're into games and stuff then the higher clocked dual will be better but as far as raw cpu power for production I'd go with the quad, if your host program supports it like others were saying.

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i have a q6700 and a qx6850 so im on the quad core wagon and dont plan on getting off.

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i has quad core, is nice.

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Quad Core or Dual Dual Core. If you can afford Xeon, go with that, because it makes a difference. I have 2 Dual Core Xeon 5150 processors in my Mac Pro, and I can throw just about anything at it without problems.