Could someone help me make a decision on which processor to get?

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#1 navyboy87
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Hey guys I'm going to be buying a new comp next week but I'm having a hard time deciding which processors to get, Due core or Quad core. This is basically what I do on my comp:

1. Play high end games

2. Editing movies

3. Sometimes I like to keep my computer on overnight because im downloading a big file

These are really the basic things I do on my comp and I heard Quad core gets hot too easily but its much faster at rendering movies and stuff like that. Like I said, I sometimes need to keep my computer on over night coz i might be downloading a big file so maybe if i get quad core the temperature might be a huge problem. I also need to decide which PCI card i need to get, its between 2x GeForce 8800 gtx and a Geforce 8800 Ultra (with that huge heat sink).

Please help me with this, id really appreciate it

thank you

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#2 yab_007
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hmm... You can buy the core2duo extreme. its really fast and it doesnt heat that much. And for the graphic card, if you take 2x8800GTX in sli,it would be of a greater performance than only one 8800 ultra.
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#3 yoyo462001
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get a quad core definetly even though it may not show in game you will see performance increase out of game. dont SLI right now, dont even buy a high wait to see what happening with nvidia new high end cards which are rumoured to be comind around FEB.
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#4 shanelevy
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Haha quad cores don't overheat overnight lol. But yeah, buying 8800GTX SLI or an Ultra is pure foolishness considering that the cards are over a year old. Wait my friend, the new cards are coming in the next couple months.