q6600 or E8400 for Gaming

[Turtles]

I was wondering what would you recommend for gaming, the Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz or Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 2.4Ghz? I'll be using it in this rig for playing Crysis, Football Manager, Counter Strike Source, Team Fortress 2, and other future games.

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (£199.74)

Samsung SpinPoint T 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD501LJ) (£66.96)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (Deal Product) (£35.24)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) (£12.91)

Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU (£76.36)

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£65.79)

I was thinking of overclocking the q6600 to 3GHz but then I've never overclocked before so was intending to stick with 2.4Ghz at first to see how it runs Crysis, etc. Any help much appreciated

 

[Turtles]

Building my PC right now.
I don't upgrade my PC often.
If I overclock I think I may need a new cooler case and/or water cooling....I'm already over my budget on my new rig anyways.

 

[Turtles]

the Q6600 and E8400 are pretty much the same price anyways. And with quads the way of the future. I think I'm leaning towards the Q6600 and overclocking it....

 

[Turtles]

Can't afford the Q9450...

Thanks for the replys

 

[Turtles]

Went for the E8400. All I do is gaming and I usually shut down background programs beforehand. I'll upgrade to quad in a year or so....or just whenever I need to. Also I've never overclocked before and I'd have to get a case with better air flow and/or watercoling. So I'll get the E8400 and leave it at 3.0Ghz. Thanks for all your input