What would be a better choice for a faster more powerful pc desktop computer?

i do not have too much knowledge regarding processors and ram and their power behind a computer. i know that basically the bigger the better but since im on a tight budget and cant afford the whole package, which would be a faster and more powerful computer?





a quad core with 2 gb ram





or





a dual core with 4 gb ram





thanks!|||For the processing power to work well with your system, you need RAM.


Also, how many GHz does the dual core have? The quad core?


Typically, the best choice in this equation would to be to go with the dual core.


If you're trying to get more RAM, depending on what type you want, it isn't that expensive. You could always buy some extra Gigabytes of RAM to put in.





Best of luck to you|||Well coming from the standpoint of someone who likes to edit videos and such Quad core all the way and for gaming I'd stick with the dual core since their are only a hand full of games that take advantage of 4 cores and is not very significant 5-15% and as of RAM Just get 2 gigs and then just buy the same set later on if you find that you need more.|||At the same clock speed, a quad core with 2GB of RAM.





But if you have to decrease clock speed to afford the extra cores, then the dual core with 4GB of RAM would be better.





Actually, choice three would be best:





HIGH CLOCK SPEED dual core with 2GB of RAM.|||See Feb 2010 issue of Maximum PC