I'm going to be getting a new system in the near future and the most taxing thing I'll be doing is digital video editing of home movies. I don't play games. With that in mind, will I be better off with Intel or AMD? I was looking at the Intel E6400 and the AMD64 AM2 X2 5000+ According to the benchmarks I've checked here: http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.h... I don't see much of a performance difference but I don't know which benchmark would be a good one for determining video editing. Now, the 5000+ is $70 (Cdn) cheaper then the intel and I'd rather use the $70 for extra ram. Would that be the best way to go? Opinions and advice please. Asus K8V-X Athlon 64 2800+ ATI AIW 9800 Pro 512 PC3200 WD 80 GIG LG DVD-RW XP Home Full time employee of Dharma. One of the "others".

Either one will suffice for what you are wanting to accomplish. But you might want to hold off till after the 22nd when Intel once again cuts prices on their line of mainstream CPUs.

Thanks. I read that on this site shortly after I posted. I'll see what the new price structure is and go from there. I wonder if this will cause AMD to drop their prices to remain cheaper. Since Intel seems to have the performance edge in the dual-core market, AMD may have no choice but try to remain the "budget" alternative. Asus K8V-X Athlon 64 2800+ ATI AIW 9800 Pro 512 PC3200 WD 80 GIG LG DVD-RW XP Home Full time employee of Dharma. One of the "others".

In terms of raw computational prowess, AMD currentlly has no answer to the continued performance onslaught from Intel's Conroe line of CPUs. And were if it not for price cuts they'd have a really hard time moving their CPUs. At the present time they do dominate the lower priced segment of the CPU market, but Intel is now starting to put some heat on them in that area as well. Overall, what you might end up with eventually will depend on your budget.

Man you can't beat those Athlon 64 X2 prices though. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ OC 2.7ghz 4GB Dual Channel DDR 3200 Nvidia 7900GT SATA II 2x 300gig 7200rpm 16mb cache RAID-0+1 Gigabyte Nforce 4 SLI

Well, today's the 22nd, anyone here anything about the new Intel prices? Asus K8V-X Athlon 64 2800+ ATI AIW 9800 Pro 512 PC3200 WD 80 GIG LG DVD-RW XP Home Full time employee of Dharma. One of the "others".

You can get an Core 2 Duo E4300 for under 150 bucks. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ OC 2.7ghz 4GB Dual Channel DDR 3200 Nvidia 7900GT SATA II 2x 300gig 7200rpm 16mb cache RAID-0+1 Gigabyte Nforce 4 SLI