AMD Bulldozer - Is it worth it? [I very much guess so..]

[Zipppy]

Just to answer the question on what I do most, I am more of a gamer person, but I'm doing more video editing now in Sony Vegas 10, due to interest, and event coverage, like I said before, I'm at the lower limit of what I can use.

I just bought a NZXT Phantom case, so airflow and cooling shouldn't be much of a concern now.

How hot can the new AMD Chips get though? Been hearing that the 125W ones heat up quite a fair bit under load, especially with the stock cooler.

For the Hexacores, there's the 6100 and the 6200. The 6200 is 125W, and is clocked at 3.8 GHz (doesn't fall far behind the 8100 on PassMark), while the 6100 is clocked at 3.3 GHz and is 95W.