Originally Posted by Rbstr
Number of cores isn't the future-proofer. It's far more important to have better cores. (As much as anything can actually be considered a future-proofer. Everything is outdated in a couple years, you really can't do anything about it).
The most critical thing is that you need to give us a budget. Without constraint I've say get an Intel i5 3570 and a Z77 motherboard, that'll cost about $350. 8gb of DDR3 1600 in two 4gb sticks runs another $40ish.
550W should be plenty.
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I have no budget to give, solely for the reason that it would be an incredibly low number as I have no knowledge of what these parts can go for.
All I can ask for is the lowest number possible.