Need Suggestions for a New Computer
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when i was upgrading my desktop from a core2duo to something better, intel literally drove me nuts. the combination i wanted to purchase was turning out to be so expensive compared to a comparable AMD. decided to ditch Intel for AMD. hard to say how much of a performance hit it turned out to be, but the budget solution has worked well for the last 2 years. i plan to stick with it for another year before deciding if i need another upgrade. would largely depend upon what windows 8 turns out to be. maybe i would end up ditching the desktop and getting a touch enabled ultrabook. 
heh. i got a decent quad core amd in a decent price. intel did not have good processors in the same range. got a fantastic motherboard too. worked out well for me. a cousin also went for amd after realizing that intel processors were simply out of range. decided to go for an eight core processor over an i5 configuration.
Don't you have a 6 core processor?
also that eight core AMD(the cheapest one) costs the same as a quad core i5. it performs worse even in applications that should benefit from more cores: AMD FX-8120, AMD FX-6100 and AMD FX-4100 CPUs Review. Page 7 - X-bit labs
even the 2 core i3 beats the 6 core AMD in most of these.
also that eight core AMD(the cheapest one) costs the same as a quad core i5. it performs worse even in applications that should benefit from more cores: AMD FX-8120, AMD FX-6100 and AMD FX-4100 CPUs Review. Page 7 - X-bit labs
even the 2 core i3 beats the 6 core AMD in most of these.
i have a quad core one. and as for applications, i would assume that things would only improve with time. the cousin does 3D work and said that his apps work better on processors with more cores. anyways, he was pretty happy with the system he ended up purchasing. in the end that is what matters right? 
