Yeah the Athlons X2 chips are getting pretty old but I hear the Phenoms II can hold up, until pitted against a i7 anyway.
I'm waiting till next month to get the new rev E5200, should be fun to play with. Someone told me to get a E8400 instead but it's over twice as much, is it twice as fast?
Heh, I doubt that! I have the 8400 @ 3.83 on air, and it's been that way since christmas with 0 problems. You could probably get the 5200 to similar speeds. I'd go the cheaper route Though, does it have as much cache? I'm out of the loop so bad now.