What is better processor for video edition

[cqr]

What is better for video editing, a Quad procesor of lower speed or dual with higher speed, in other words what is better more cuores / threads or more MHZ.

 

[o1die]

You need to select a budget first. Quads start at $99 for the amd propus. With a budget for the motherboard, cpu, and ram, you'll get better advice.

 

[jaguarskx]

A budget would help. Otherwise I would point you to Intel's i7 series like the $500 - $600 i7-940 CPU with hyper threading.

You'll also need to find out if the software you are gonna use is multi-threaded to take advantage of more than 2 cores.