ATI err.. AMD 6000 series out

[PRETENDICA]

Phenom 550. It's a dual core.
Those six core amd's would be nice upgrade, no? The lower end one runs around $200.

[Stephen]

there not bad, youd be better off going with quad, unless you plan to do alot of encoding, rendering, compiling and junk. otherwise you wont notice any improvements over quad.

[Stephen]

wouldnt make any difference

[SirDumpling]

Probably going to build myself a decent computer this summer, depending on where I go for university (thinking of Toronto). I know that some card makers are better than others, and I was wondering which ones are the best for both nVidia and AMD.
eg: Powercolor blows (from what I've heard) and Sapphire is awesome.

[PRETENDICA]

I had a Sapphire. It was a good card.