New Mac... again.

O.k. guys I am sorry to do this to you again.
But....
I too am about to upgrade (you may have seen that my brother Christian is about to upgrade too, but I am not as snazz as him).
My questions are:
1. I am a demanding Logic user (well not that demanding at the moment because I currently have a Dual 1.25 G4) and I want to upgrade to a Mac Pro.
So, with my limited budget do I get a Quad Core with 8Gig of RAM (£3585)? Or an 8 Core with 4Gig of RAM (£3396)? As you can see the 8 core is cheaper... and, I can always upgrade the RAM later... HMMmmmm.
2. I curretly use an M-Audio Fireire 410 (again my statement about being a "demanding" Logic user seems questionable) and want to upgrade to either a Motu 828 mk2 or possibly an RME Fireface. I am planing on using the Audio Interfaces with a patch bay, but maybe a Mackie Onyx wth Firewire (anyone out there used one of these? how does it compare to say the 828?) instead. I don't record lots of stuff at once but have a bit of outboard and some dusty old vintage keyboards (my Casiotone (yes in bold) collection... again less than "demanding").
I record a lot of Bass guitar so I guess something reasonable preamps would be good. What would you reccomend? ... HMMmmmm again.
3. I am going to want a second monitor Apple 20" or Dell 20"?
So to recap:
1. Quad Core with 8 Gig at £3585 or 8 Core with 4 Gig at £3396?
2. 828 mk2 or RME Fireface with patchbay, or Mackie Onyx 1620 with Firewire?
3. 20" Apple or Dell monitor.
Many thanks for your time
Joe

Given that currently Logic can't use 8 processors or 8GB of RAM (who knows what the future holds), I'd say get the Quad core with 4GB RAM. But as that's what I bought, I would wouldn't I?
Use the cash you save to get 30 inch screens. 2 Apple 30 inch screens in Logic is an ***-kicking setup.

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