I prefer intell for its clock speeds, and now its improved L2 cache.

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I had recently upgraded from 2.4Ghz / 1GB Ram / NVida 6600 system to a Intel Dual-Core 3.2Ghz / 2 GB Ram / NVidea 6800 and it's smoking fast.

Mind you, both systems I've owned has been Intel (recently) but I have owned AMD as well. In all honestly, I would say Intel would be the winner, but AMD is coming out with a lot of different things lately trying to keep up to Intel.

Either way, I don't think I'll need to upgrade this box for quite some time.... it multitasks fine and I've yet to see a game that makes the screen lag. It's just not happening with these dual core machines. Gawd only knows what the dual core 2 and quad-core machine operates like. WOW

Bah, I wish I had a dual core processor, far too many things to click and do without the delay. O.o

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Try http://www.tigerdirect.ca I was able to pick and choose my desired system for all under $1000 CDN. To me, this beats paying $3,000 - $4,000 easy. Just pick and choose. If you want dual core:

- Buy the MB for under $150
- Buy the DualCore Processor for under $200
- Make sure you have RAM supporting the MB and Processor.

Done. Under $500 will get you the dual core base. The rest can be added overtime but don't waste too much time or your system will be soon obsolete

Well im waiting till I get a job then aiming to spend 1k-under for new mobo, ram, cpu and gfx card.

Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4ghz
2GB of DD2 Ram
x Motherboard supporting
7900 GT or x1900 equivalent.

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I prefer intel by a long shot. Similar quality in both, but intel takes it by a hair. Even so, intel's price range beats AMDs by far.

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