Blitersety
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I am making a list of components to buy for my new computer that I am going to build. I noticed the price for an AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 processor is only 350.00 (from newegg.com), which seems low for a quad-core proc. So my question is, does that include just one dual-core FX-70 proc, or both dual-core DSDC procs to complete the 4x4 setup? Newegg is unclear about that, and there are a mere 2 customer reviews which don't explain it either.
Also, would you recommend going with AMD's 4x4 quad-core setup instead of Intel's single chip quad-core setup because of AMD's plans to use that architecture for future octo-core setups, or is it best to go with Intel's Core 2 Quad and forget about octo-core? Will 8 cores even offer much of a performance gain over 4 cores?
Also, would you recommend going with AMD's 4x4 quad-core setup instead of Intel's single chip quad-core setup because of AMD's plans to use that architecture for future octo-core setups, or is it best to go with Intel's Core 2 Quad and forget about octo-core? Will 8 cores even offer much of a performance gain over 4 cores?