Duel or not to dual :P

[Andromeda1983]

Because of a sale on a certain auction site, i now have the funds to either buy a 3800X2 or a 4000+. Hoping for a quick reply ill leave my current specs and what i use it for.

AMD64 3000+ SCK939 VENICE CPU (2.4 on air with lower memory divider)
6800GT 256MB AGP GRAPHICS CARD
2GB PC3200 DDR MEMORY (OCUK VALUE)
2 X 160GB MAXTOR 7200RPM SATA HARD DRIVES
GIGABYTE NFORCE3 250GB MOTHERBOARD (MODEL NOT KNOW OFFHAND)
SOUNDBLASTER AUDIGY 2 ZS
T7700 7.1 SPEAKERS
VIEWSONIC VX922 19INCH TFT
COLORSIT TRUE 550W PSU (GOOD REVIEWS)
NEC 3520AW DVDR/RW DRIVE
CREATIVE NX ULTRA WEBCAM
ASAKA ECLIPSE-62 CASE

Rig Used for:

Gaming
DvD Authoring via NeroVision
The occasional linux distro

Bit put off as my friend says the 3800X2 in his view is the sempron model for the x2's as it is only meant as a entry level product for duel core while the 4000+ is still considered a high end single core cpu

 

[Andromeda1983]

Bought the 4000+ since use more games than authoring and i dont use many dual core appz.... and of course the benefit is by the time i need to buy a new cpu again there will be something better than the x2 and i can buy the x2 cheaper...