Hi All, I'm looking at buying a barebones kit for around $250 US. I'm looking at the amd 64 x2 6400 or in the same price range, intel's core 2 duo e6300. I've read a lot on the internet and I've learned enough to know that I'm very confused. I just want to record audio using Rosegarden, Zynaddsubfx, Qsampler and dssi plugins, I'd also like to do some video editing with Cinelerra. What about this phenom thing? Anyway, if anyone has some recommendations regarding these processors and possibly some motherboards to go with them, I would greatly appreciate it. I don't do gaming so that's not an issue. Thanks, Arthur _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user

Hi, Well now I think it's between the amd 64 x2 6400 and the intel q6600. Any thoughts, any motherboard recommendations? Does anyone know if one of these processors plays nicer with linux than the other? Thanks, Arthur