Originally posted by: Sentential
Either a soild Venice core (ie 3500+) or a 3700+ (San-diego). Do you honestally need an X2? Especially when they wont make it past '06...
What, and they'll be making Venice or SanDiego single cores past '06 so its somehow a better buy?
SanDiegos aren't cheap, and you won't be paying twice as much for a chip that has 2x the cores...I could understand suggesting a sub $200 Venice and then recommending to overclock it...
HOWEVER, it is usually the case that when the person is willing to spend a lot of money on a CPU it isn't because they can't afford it.
Since you DIDN'T recommend overclocking a single core Venice or Sandiego, the ones you recommended will NOT be as fast as what he could afford even under single core restrictions and $600.
The X2 4400+ will take carry your system a lot longer than a single core will, I don't know exactly what you're trying to do here but I think I have a pretty good idea.