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Well I was just showing what you could be capable of getting for $2k, as I was aiming towards a system that would satisfy similar desires as yours. Not simply to show off system specs.

4 cores of course is going to handle multi-tasking better than 2 cores. If you need an explanation I'd recommend googling it for comparisons and explanations.

Your ram is fine. All I said before was that 4GB was unnecessary. You're not doing anything that intense that would call for that much ram, at least not that you've mentioned thus far. So why not make some sacrafices to put your money towards a better videocard since gaming was an emphasis of yours. The 8800 series is the best out atm which is why I initially recommended it, since you wanted some longevity out of it for gaming. Why settle for something less if you want some future proofing? (granted I know you can't achieve a high degree of future proofing when it comes to cpu hardware but the best will last longer)

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