Cool, now I know one person :D I don't think the price matters btw. If 4 cores is all I need (I can't think of a desktop application that I use which benefits

Cool, now I know one person :D I don't think the price matters btw. If 4 cores is all I need (I can't think of a desktop application that I use which benefits from more than 4 cores more than from faster cores, which is typically the trade-off at >4 real cores) then that's what I'd get because that's the optimum for my wallet and performance profile.