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Originally Posted by dragondreamer

It just so happens that I was helping a friend pick out parts for a Budget PC as well, his Budget being between 600-700. I chose to go with an Intel over AMD because if he downgrades to a Dual Core, hey will may one day want a Quad Core and this will future proof it. But hopefully he'll stick with the Q6600.

Future proof is a useless term in computing. The socket you use for the Q6600 and the other Core 2's (socket 775) has already been replaced and Intel won't be making any new processors for it.