Greetings Megablast,

The latest range of Quads from Intel is getting into retail as we speak : Q9300, Q9450 and Q9550.

You may want to double-check incoming reviews -including O/C capabilities- and prices.

I've found that standard Quads -ie. not Extreme ones- really deliver more power than Dual for just everything : they just don't seem to get enough workload to beg for mercy.

I think I'll get the Q9550 and give my Q6600 to my dad who's still on a E6300 but enjoying the Call of Duty series now

/salute

PS : there's also words of a tuned-down Q9100 at 2.33ghz with slightly lesser performance than the current Q6600 2.4ghz but under USD 200.