Buying a new pc for recording: Quad Core or Dual Core?

[Josh Burgess]

I'm buying a new desktop PC for recording soon... and I'm wondering, should I get a Quad Core or a faster Dual Core? I've read that lots of tasks and software don't actually take advantage of quad core very well, and that getting a faster Dual Core processor (for about the same price) might be a better idea...

But I don't know how this relates to audio production...

What do you guys think?

 

[greyskull]

 

[SM1214]

Wow the obligatory mac post took 3 seconds to get here. Your right about quad not being fully supported in most software. I would go for a superior speed dual myself. I built a new machine recently and it's giving me more than enough horsepower.

 

[kev]

q6600 u'd be a fool not to! £150 and it'll overclock beyond a £1000 xeon server chip. No point in dual core now, unless money is a bit tight.