Wait until the quads come out, THEN get an X2 6000

lol, i hear ya! just sucks how its always a waiting game, and i don't want to lose the time i have now to actually produce.

What is your cpu at the moment?

an old AMD single-core 1.8ghz. Surpringly i managed to write music for a documentary on this computer, but it was quite painful doing so. When i have to work on my next project, i don't want to be faced with the same limitations i had this time around.

currently i would go with core 2 duo e6600 or faster..

Doesn't AMD get shit on by Intel in the Quad-Cores?


I'd honestly only go intel core2duo right now, but thats just me. I hate 64bit technology after realizing that half of my installations wouldnt work because of the unsupported framework.

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Originally posted by thecYrus currently i would go with core 2 duo e6600 or faster..

judging by specs, the x2 6000 looks better at around the same price.

intel - 2.4 $278CDN
amd - 3.0 $291CDN

If you need to build RIGHT now, go for the Core2Duo line. There is no substitute and AMD cannot compete.

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Originally posted by djbruuen judging by specs, the x2 6000 looks better at around the same price. intel - 2.4 $278CDN amd - 3.0 $291CDN

It's deceiving - You have to be careful and not just look at clockspeed. Look at the chip architecture and the benchmarks. The Core2Duo clearly wins.

Here is a good reference for anyone looking to get a new CPU:

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/index.html

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Originally posted by djbruuen judging by specs, the x2 6000 looks better at around the same price. intel - 2.4 $278CDN amd - 3.0 $291CDN

There are plenty of benchmark reviews online that will show you that C2D blows away X2 in pretty horrific ways. I mean, yes, the X2 will still be a huge improvement over your single core Athlon, but the C2D will be a better buy both financially and in performance.

thanks for the feedback...i know theres more to it than the clockspeed, but haven't done a good comparison yet. I've always been an AMD supporter over intel, but maybe intel wouldn't be the worst move to make.