Quote Originally Posted by d0z3rr View Post
Umm, not really. Look at some benchmarks for the Q6600 vs the i7 and the i7 blows it completely out of the water, even for single threaded games.
Also take into account the Q6600 is called a Core 2 Quad for a reason: It's two Core 2 Duo dies on a single chip, whereas the i7 is a ''''''''''true'''''''''' quad core.

But, unless you have around 900 dollars to spend on an upgrade (assuming you want 12GB of ram), and use your computer for more CPU intensive things than WoW/Gaming, might as well get a good Core 2 Quad.