Temp upgrade my AMD and wait for Nehalem?

If you have an am2, I would say, spring for a x2 6400, or maybe a phenom 8750, because singles cores suck, I wouldnt invest to heavily since nehalem is coming at the end of year or beggining of next. Of course since we all know we are broke when stuff comes out, you may as well have a dcent cpu to match the rest of your system until you can spring fot the nehalem. The rest of your setup is pretty good though, just ditch that single core.

Thanks for your replies. I will probably go with a Black Edition.

I bought a 5000+ Black edition. I have a nice fan so I can probably get it to reach the 3.2 for the 6400+.

Nehalem is going to "hit" Q4 2008. Summer 2009 it will be available like the Q9xxx series is now (overpriced and mostly out of stock). Q4 2009 you will see wide market availability. All in all ... at least 15 to 18 months until Nehalem becomes mainstream IMO. The 5000+ BE is a great choice.

The 45nm shortage is mostly due to lack of competition. Clearing old 65nm stock is the first priority. I fully agree that the 45nm transition will be done by Q4 2008 / Q1 2009 and wide market availability for 45nm chips will be achieved. So in Q4 (6 months from now) Intel does a paper launch for the Nehalem architecture with wide Extreme edition availability following in Q1 2009. By Q2 2009 the mainstream editions follow at the pricepoints of $800 and $500, still quite the bleeding edge market. I consider mainstream a total system cost of $1000-$1200 (or 1000EUR). Until 45nm Core2 stock clears by Q3 I'd say Nehalem won't see the $330 and $270 pricepoints, like Core2Duos didn't until Q4 of 2006. This is just my opinion so feel free to disagree.

Spud and Andrius; you two are hard to tell apart at first glance.

OP- I'd go for using the 5000+ BE for your present computer. As to Nehalem, Spud and Andrius are correct. It will be a long time in coming and the supply will be slow. Just think about how many people are finding problems finding a Q9450 at the moment, much less the Q9550. Whether its because of a couple reported hardware problems, Intel not finding the need because of no competition, Intel underestimating the demand, or whatever. Nehalem is supposed to debut in Q4 08, but it may well be months before its seen in quantity. Besides, for all the rumor going around, no one knows how well it will perform. Until its out and benches tell the real story, all we have is rumor. Nehalem could just as easily be far less then expected.

So buy a 5000+ BE, overclock it, and be happy.

^In "l33t" technical speak the leading zero is never omitted so we all know what he meant but you are correct. It's 45nm and 450pm is a useless size for features in IC electronics.

^But you've been through highschool/university and know that in technical terms/documents the leading zero is never omitted to provide clarity and reduce chances of misinterpretation.