[Phil Atkins]

Thanks for the info. So let me ask you this. a 2.93 ghz single nehalem vs. two 2.26 ghz Nehalem? It sounds like you work with the same programs I do so which option would give me the best performance? does video editing, compositing, and rendering benefit from more cores or faster ghz. also it sounds like these processors like their ram to be installed in threes so I would be dumping 3 4gb ram chips for a total of twelve gigs of ram to start. Your thoughts?