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Quad or Dual core?

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I currently have

[email protected] on a Scythe headsink and 120mm fan
2 x 1GB OCZ 6400 Plat series DDR2 800
XFX 650i Ultra Motherboard

I cannot get the E2140 to 3ghz no matter what I do. Im not sure if im missing a setting somewhere in the bios but have tried uppling cpu volts, slackening timings on memory and just trying one stick.

Temps are 29idle and 54max load, Orthos cpu stress

If I was to upgrade, should I go for something like a Q6600 or faster dual core that coule possibly hit 4ghz?
 
Just bought a Q6600 from here for £85 delivered with a cooler. Thanks all, hopefully its should last me out another 4 years!
 
It is, but i only really use winamp from 1999 and internet. I'm not going to use a P100 with windows 95 and 16mb ram though

I occasionally like to play crysis and i want a decent pc for BF3, Starcraft 2 and AvP3 when they eventually come out
 
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