AMD or Intel (Dual Core CPUs)?

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CPU AMD® ATHLON® 64BIT X2 4600 2 x 512K L2 Cache (939 pin)
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Motherboard ASUS® A8N32-SLI DELUXE: DUAL DDR, S-ATA, 2 x x16 VGA, 3 PCI


OR


CPU INTEL® CORE® 2 DUO E6400 (2 X 2.13GHZ) 1066mhz FSB/2MB Cache
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Motherboard ASUS® P5N32 SLI-DELUXE: 2 PCI, DUAL LAN, SATA RAID


???

 

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to do what with, if you want encoding and what not go intel, if gaming both are good, conroe is faster in games but its more or less un-noticable

Mainly for gaming, but also for running quite a few programs at once, mainly Dreamweaver, Photoshop, iTunes, etc.

So Conroe all the way?

 

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How about the Core 2 E6400 with this motherboard:

ASUS® P5N32 SLI-DELUXE: 2 PCI, DUAL LAN, SATA RAID

I am planning on building from scratch