I thought I'd resurrect this thread instead of start a new one.

Question for the Nerd Herd - how do you feel about the power and value proposition of AMD processors nowadays? I am thinking of my next build (primarily for the wife, but I like to future-proof things for maximum flexibility). It seems like I can save some money by going with a quad-core phenom instead of a Core 2 Duo.

On a related topic, how does one best balance the number of cores v. clock speed?

Thanks for your always clever guidance.

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