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PS: I've been looking into AMD, because they have 8 and 12-core CPU's that are affordable enough for me to look into. As far as I've been able to determine, the most powerful consumer CPU they now have is the 8-core FX-8350; but it can't hold a candle against the fastest 4-core i7 at this time. Even though it only has 4 cores, the i7 is almost 30% faster. (Granted, it's also twice as expensive.)
The same is true for the Opteron lines; in some instances, AMD needs a dual-Opteron setup to keep up with a single Xeon when looking at the same overall price levels.
I think it might be worthwhile to look into a dual Xeon setup again (I had one, based on a socket 604 board, from 2004-2007, before I got this computer). That might be a bit overkill though.
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