I would say at the very least get a quad core of some type. The AMD's are at a really good price right now. I just ordered the AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition at 3.0 ghz for pretty cheap in a barebones kit. You can buy a heck of a computer for $500 right now if you put it together yourself.
Depending on which Graphics card company you like,, you can get a Nvidia Sli set up, or a Crossfire set up for ATI Radion cards.
Its kind of nice, because you can get some very good Nvidia or ATI integrated graphics right now and then down the road you can upgrade by adding a pci Express card and linking it together with the integrated card.
I have never liked integrated graphics in the past but this works really well, and I must say I like the fact of how this gives you more upgrade ability in the future.
HOWEVER,
If you got the money to burn then, get a Icore 7, Its the best there is right now, but when it comes to Bang for your buck AMD is where its at for me.
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08-17-2009, 06:01 PM
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