Dont know what to get: AMD vs. INTEL?

[AlexHall74]

Considering the importance of a POWERFUL and STABLE D.A.W., the difference in price between the AMD chips at this time is negligible in the big picture of things.

Now, just to be a hypocrite, but an honest one, I just bought a new Dell Inspiron 531 desktop with an AMD dual core Athlon/Turion 6000+ dual core chip. I got the whole system with 2 GB RAM and 500GB hard drive for less than $500. For a hobbysit of my skill level/level of activity, this machine is more than I need, and it cost peanuts considering what I paid for my old PIV 2.6GHz w/512 MB RAM a few years ago. The heat and and the slightly less than Intel horsepower of my chip are not an issue for me, but if I were buying a quad core I would DEFINITELY wait for the componenets Timo so kindly provided.

Cheers,

-Alex