Multiple core CPU beneficial or hinderance in using SPSS?

[devoidx]

Hey guys, I know this is not a SPSS coding questions but our institution is looking into buying a new research computer. The SPSS databases that we use contain billions of records so we need a monster of a computer to speed things up (i know servers and linking computers is a better option but that's not an option right now). I recommended 64gb RAM but as for CPU..not too sure..on the instructions from IBM it says, only a few SPSS commands use multiple cores while the majority use a single core which makes multiple core CPUs a hinderance because the higher the number of cores the lower the speed of each one...any suggestions for CPUs?

Thanks

[devoidx]

bump....Some input would be appreciated here...Trying to figure out optimal type of CPU for SPSS considering only a handful of SPSS commands can take advantage of multithreading