Okay, I am building my New computer, and have yet to buy the motherboard and CPU yet. I am choosing between these CPUs:
Q6600
E8400
Phenom 9600 BE
Athlon X2 6400+ (maybe to hold out for better Phenoms)
Now, this is where my situation differs. My computer will be used probably 85% of the time for general use like internet, homework, forums, ect. Then like 10% gaming and 5% rendering/programming work. So, I was thinking that I am going to need overall CPU horsepower for my situation, so maybe the Quad Core would be better than the Dual Core E8400. But the E8400 can go to 4.0Ghz which is amazing, and will give great performance, but a 3.4Ghz Q6600 will also give some amazing performance because of the four cores.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Q6600
E8400
Phenom 9600 BE
Athlon X2 6400+ (maybe to hold out for better Phenoms)
Now, this is where my situation differs. My computer will be used probably 85% of the time for general use like internet, homework, forums, ect. Then like 10% gaming and 5% rendering/programming work. So, I was thinking that I am going to need overall CPU horsepower for my situation, so maybe the Quad Core would be better than the Dual Core E8400. But the E8400 can go to 4.0Ghz which is amazing, and will give great performance, but a 3.4Ghz Q6600 will also give some amazing performance because of the four cores.
Thanks in advance for your help!