i guess you can say 8 cores b/c it is dual processor.
Yep, It's Dual CPU hence the 8 cores (4 cores per CPU x 2)
esp when they have performance reducing ecc ram, the price is decent, for US host. if you need 100/100 unmetered
I can offer you AMD's too, if you're interested, one of the configs I can offer,
AMD Phenom II x6 1045t (6 Cores / 6 threads)
8 GB DDR3 RAM
1 TB HDD
20 TB Bandwidth @ 1 Gbit/sec
for $65/month which is around
or with a 500 GB HDD for