Lol, no idea why people are replying now. Only reason I'm getting a cheap processor is cause I have a few bucks to throw around. So why not? I know it would be some 5 core processor, but it will be any upgrade to me is welcome. And it's low budget, so I'm satisfied.

I think it was a slow night. Anyhoo, as I said before, good luck with your project, I hope it meets your expectations.

At one point I had a Celeron and a P-4 Emachine at the same time. The P-4 was indeed faster, in spite of a slower clock speed. This was with Nero "Recode". However, the Celeron was within 30 seconds of the P-4, but this was against 12 total minutes work, which comes to about 4% advantage.

That said, I don't use either PC for games, therefore I have no basis for an opinion about your needs.

One thing, the most recent games are a minimum of dual core capable. It was discussed here one night, how multi-threaded apps can bottleneck a single thread CPU. Anyway, something to think about for your next project.

Thanks. Typing so my messaaaageeee isssntttt toooo shoooort