Weekend Open Forum: How many cores power your PC?

Quad on my main workstation then 64 cores on my 3d rendering farm...all custom built. Pure bliss.

Currently I am running an X3 710. It is not quite as much horsepower as I would like, but is infinitely better than my old PD 920 @ 3.3. I had been thinking about a new video card for my next upgrade, but now that the Phenom II x6's are out I'm not so sure any more.

4 core i7 920 @ 3.8
2 core X II 55 @ 3.1 with 1 additional core unlocked by mobo

Using 4 cores - Q9550, mildly overclocked to 3.1Ghz. Been an excellent little processor. Next spring I'll upgrade to an "i" something - haven't decided yet.

Although 4 cores has come in handy during some heavy-duty multi-tasking jobs, it really has had zero difference on gaming compared to a dual core. Software companies need to get their act together and realize unless some new technology comes out, we've pretty much hit the high ends of processing speed and need to maximize their products for multiple core use.

Q9400 @ 3.7ghz on my workstation.
E8500 @ 4.4ghz on my home server.
E2180 @ 3.6ghz on my HTPC
Some randlebean 2ghz core 2 duo in my lappy

Looking to get a i7 930 for my workstation soon.

Phenom II X3 710 @ 2.86Ghz

4 cores, phenom 9850

I don't have a notebook, and only use one E6750 @ 3Ghz machine whish is used for gaming, work and multimedia.

Up until I bought Bad Company 2, I wansn't pallning to upgrade until sandy bridge comes along. Now though, since GTA IV and Bad Company 2 need quad cores, I was thinking of getting some $200 band aid upgrade, but when I think about it some more, I guess I'll wait until Sandy Bridge.

The money should be better spend on travelling and other hobbies.

Plus Intel wants about $220 or so for a Q9550! AMD sells an X6 CPU for that price, also you can get an i7 920 for $180 at micro center! - so I'm not buying the Q9550 for that sole principle.

I wish I had an AM2/3 motherboard and not a LGA775 one :/

At lappy i got a C2D 2ghz.

Pc has C2D E4500 overclocked at 2.5ghz with stock cooling.
Planning to upgrade to Phenom II x6 T1055 at the end of summer,at least i hope so XD

Got a Phenom II x4 955 running at a slight overclock of 3.5GHz.

AMDs 6 core competing with intels 6 core. 1/10 troll effort.

In september '09 upgraded to i5-750 @ stock. I'm happy.. ^^

Quad Core Q6600 and still running everything maxed out.No need to upgrade to better CPU.

I bought the QX6700 on release and has been clocked @3.2Ghz without issues on air. Mostly used for gaming, Photoshop and video editing. Planning on the 980X for my next build to achieve higher clocks and faster processing overall but is still a premium price and will have to pay 35% more than my QX6700 which is mad - although overclocking is much better. My AMD work PC is singlecore and does the job!

i7 920 @ 4.0GHz in my main machine, 4 cores 8 threads.
E8400 Stock in my soon to be HTPC, 2 cores.
P4 630 Stock in my media server, 1 core 2 threads

The upgrade from my Q6600 to i7 920 was pretty substantial and don't regret it at all, most of the time I don't use even a quarter of the processing power of it but its nice to have and does help render video faster and contribute to WCG.

AMD Phenom X4 965 quad core.

I thought it was sweet that certain games and programs only used 25 percent of my CPU power. Then I realized that means that I am maxing out just one core. Most games and programs only use one core or two cores at the most. I realize now that it's almost stupid to have a quad core because nearly nothing utilizes the extra cores.

quad core - q6600
will either get an i7 in the summer or wait till the next architecture is released.

Quad

Running a Phenom X4 B50 @3,4ghz,waiting to see what the new Phenom 960T will be like before i decide to upgrade.

I have a phenom II 940 @ 3.4ghz. I probably will not upgrade till the next iteration after am3. Not gonna shell out the money for a new mb, memory, and processor just for a small gain in performance. It's not worth it.

4 cores. Q9550 @ 3.62GHz here. Going to wait until 6 cores / 32nm becomes affordable before making another jump.