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Just after some advice from those who are more upto date with processors then myself, as I haven't bought hardware in quite a while.

I'm not really sure which is the best route to go; AMD or Intel, i5 or i7. I basically want to build a new PC that will be used for the range of things: rendering, graphic design, gaming (not so much top end, but Diablo III will require a hefty pc), and folding.

There are so many different processor types now it will take a while to read around them, which I will do. But I was just hoping someone knowledgeable could give me advice.
 
Thanks yashiro - to confirm that I won't be overclocking.

@oggiet - I don't know much about the HT on the icores - I understand it effectively doubles the cores (like HT on the old P IVs?), but just how useful is that at present?

The Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail at £159.99 looks like a good building block to build a system around to me. So my next question would be to ask for motherboard recommendations :p.

And I suppose the advantage of that i5 is I could always upgrade to an i7 860/920 at a later date (I presume I can as they share the 1156 socket)?

Hmm, Tri-channel memory kits only work with the i7, or with socket 1366?
 
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