Six core?

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Hey :) I'm considering building a new rig with a Asus M4A87TD Evo. When it came to looking for a CPU I was planning on going for the AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 970 Black Edition 3.50GHz processor - but I noticed for only an extra £10 I could get the AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T 2.80GHz. Which one do you think I should go for (if I build this) - the idea of 6 cores appeals to me ;) but for more power am I better with 2.8ghz x6 or 3.5ghz x4 ?
Help appreciated :D
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 Professional x64
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4ghz
Motherboard
Asus M4A78TD EVO USB3
Memory
4GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 5670 IceQ 1024MB
Sound Card
HDMI
Monitor(s) Displays
32'' Alba TV HDMI
Screen Resolution
1360x768
Hard Drives
Primary: 1TB Caviar Green SATA 64MB Cache
Slave: 80GB Hitachi SATA
PSU
Stealth X Stream 2 600W
Case
Antec 300
Cooling
Air Cooled
Internet Speed
Upto 8Mb/s
Definitely the quad core. It is a lot faster and there will be few programs that can make use of the 6 cores.
 

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HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
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Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
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from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
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5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
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Definitely the quad core. It is a lot faster and there will be few programs that can make use of the 6 cores.

Thanks a lot :) Will leave 6-core for now - maybe in a couple of years it will be a lot faster ;)
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 Professional x64
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4ghz
Motherboard
Asus M4A78TD EVO USB3
Memory
4GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 5670 IceQ 1024MB
Sound Card
HDMI
Monitor(s) Displays
32'' Alba TV HDMI
Screen Resolution
1360x768
Hard Drives
Primary: 1TB Caviar Green SATA 64MB Cache
Slave: 80GB Hitachi SATA
PSU
Stealth X Stream 2 600W
Case
Antec 300
Cooling
Air Cooled
Internet Speed
Upto 8Mb/s
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