Quote Originally Posted by itadakimasu
maybe my next system will be intel... don't think im going to build another for a while though... idk.

unless DDR3 drops in price or I start making alot more money. I barely even game anymore though... mostly am just using my computer as media center.
I guess DDR3 will be interresting in only about a year. Then in about 2 they'll be announcing something new again...

So I'd stick with high quality DDR2 instead.

As for the CPU, it seems intel outpaced AMD, this will be for a while. Hope AMD will recover from this so that Intel doesn't trusts all of the consumer market...

As of yet I'd choose an E8500 that seems to accept neat and easy overclocking with a good heatsink. That would be a "reasonable choice" in terms of price/performance ratio.
A quad, except a Q6600 would be to pricey I think. But since I never play the newest games, I guess my choice is not neutral, the quad would not be useful for me.
There's another reason I would go to the E8500: its power consumption/performance ratio is one of the best (perhaps the best?) and performance are very good. That means it's possible to have a very good AND very quiet rig which is also one of my targets.

The thing with AMD having their phenom line being a huge mistake is that intel will not rush into having their prices drop... that's not good news.
However they may not delay any new processor, because that would further extend their domination over AMD.
AMD is in a very bad position I fear.