computer system

Hello,

I am trying to buy a new computer system for performing computational mechanics simulations. We plan to run different ranges of models, simulations: non linear, plasticity, contact etc.

I was browsing the market, it seems that the new QUAD CORE XEON 5300 series from intel is the new processor which has 4 core processor. There are a lot of talks about multi-threading, multi-coring in the web, which made me more confusing.