Need CPU advice

[Makave7i Tha Don]

I'm so confused with all these new cpu's out now days. I haven't built a new system in a LONG time.

I'm still running on an amd athlon64 X2 dual CPU 4800+

Basically I'm not going to be doing any overclocking, and not a whole lot of gaming either, the only thing intense I will be doing is HD movie editing.

So I'm looking for a cpu in the 100-200 dollar range that will be obviously better than what I have and will be more than adequate to handle HD movie editing.

I'm looking at possibly a core 2 duo? Or is AMD still the king when it comes to bang for the buck?

Either way, I don't have an AMD or intel preference. Just whats going to be the best that I can to get the job done for me.

 

[Dangman]

For $200, it's the Core i5 2500K CPU that you should be looking at.
For $100, it's the Athlon II X4 640 CPU that you should be looking at.

The Core i5 2500K is significantly faster and is well worth the extra $100.

 

[Makave7i Tha Don]

how about one in the middle of the road between the two, like 150?

 

[Deleted member 88227]

how about one in the middle of the road between the two, like 150?

By that point, it's worth spending the extra money for an i5 2500K.

 

[E4g1e]

how about one in the middle of the road between the two, like 150?

There is no true middle point, among the newer CPUs. Most of the $150 CPUs are either too slow or outdated.

 

[Makave7i Tha Don]

Good points. I appreciate the help guys

 

[hossdaddy]

well to widen the picture consider this, you can get a quad core amd + motherboard and 4 gigs ram for $200. If you go intel route the same stuff will be $300 ish.