Phenom x2 vs athlon x4

It depends on what you're using it for; if you're a gamer, you would probably be better with a phenom II, but if you're into multitasking/future-proofing, you'd be better with the quad.

I agree.
For gaming P2 has an edge due to its 6MB L3 cache.
That is missing in the Athlon.


But for multitasking Athlon 2 is ideal...


Go thru this article to know more...
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-gaming-cpu,243...

athlon is better, more and more apps are being multithreaded, htat cache will be useless soon

Thanks to you three,
that helps a lot.