[iLinx]

Dual or Quad Core Intel Sandy/Ivy Bridge will give you the best performance. Hex core is overkill, the frequency on each individual core is less and personal computing usually needs less threads (more cores is more useful in a server / large computing environment).

If you do end up going for a SB/IB processor and are looking for added performance, make sure you disable hyperthreading since this will give you additional power per core.