Help Me Buy A Computer?

Question

I want to buy a new high end processor.i have two choices in front of me.but i dont know know which to choose.i really like the 1) Pentium® Processor Extreme Edition 965.its a 3.73 Ghz 1066 Mhz bus speed.But i do think of the latest release by intel the core 2 duo processor.i liked the 2) Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor X6800 really [2.93 Ghz,1066 Mhz bus speed.both the processors are 64 bit and dual core.the Pentium® Processor Extreme Edition 965 is hyper threaded , while the Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor X6800 is not.i dont know which to pick.can some one help me.
Price doesnt matter.the extreme edition costs 1000$ US.i dont know the price of core2duo.please tel me its price.
About the mother board i think the Intel® 975X is good.please tell me more about the mother board.
I want to know about the graphics[512 bit] and sound cards.i do like a 7.1 speaker system.please help me with such accessories and cooling solutions for the pc.
I need a super fast pc & price does not matter

i know core2duo is not Hyper threaded.Whats the difference.I would like to know about AMD processors.which is the fastest processor by intel and amd released till now

Answer 1

AMD Opteron:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_8826,00.html

or AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_9485_13041,00.html

And an AM2 socket motherboard.

Answer 2

Well, Intel makes Pentium, for one.

I've heard a lot of good things about the 2 Duo Core. It's supposedly the top of the line, upstaging the original Duo Core. I think the Extreme is a little bit older that 2 Duo, also.

Intel (I believe starting with Duo2) is starting to focus on performance (like AMD) rather than sheer GHz to promote their processors. So that could be why the 2 Duo has less GHz. Make sure you go with the 2 Duo Core Extreme, if you do.

Of course, while a know a ton about computers, processors is my one weak area. However, logic would suggest that the most recent release is the best, thus the 2 Duo Core would win out.

Answer 3

Well I would say go with the AMD 64 FX-62 (AM2 socket) with 2 gigs of DDR, with the Asus M2N32 WS Pro motherboard and atleast 1 XFX GeForce 7950 GX2. I would go with 2 if you can afford it. This will be one powerfull and super quick machine. Your looking about 2 grand for everything but its extremly powerful. I have this setup with 4 gigs of ram and 2 GPU in SLI and i have found nothing that can bring it to it knees.