Being horribly wrong sucks. You don't have to admit it to all of us. The likelyhood is that most don't care to hear it. I think it would be fair to say all that anyone wants is for you to speak of things you know about, not things you guess about, as fact.
Now go sit in the corner.
maybe you should take his advise.
Now to answer the original question, intel core 2 duo, since you have a couple of core parts you should be able to squeeze a e6600 out of the budget.
Don't even bother addressing the AMD fanboys anymore, they themselves aren't even serious about what they say anymore. Any mention of AMD by them is an attempt to keep the name alive for the next two years.