What processor should I get for ~£150? I was looking at the Q6600 and the E8400 - the other processors don't seem to be worth the extra cash for what looks like little gain 
Quad core would be nice - especially hearing about the Far Cry 2 gains with it - but I feel like the Q6600 would be a bad choice with people saying it's "getting on a bit" and for some reason people recommend the newer dual cores over this quad core.
Why are the newer 3Ghz dual cores more expensive than this 2.4Ghz quad-core?
I won't be overclocking. The system will be a 1066Mhz DDR2 with P45 chipset and GTX 260 graphics card. What processor would you get, bearing a £150 budget in mind?
Finally, is this a bad time to buy a CPU with nehelem around the corner? I could wait a couple of weeks if that's a sensible thing to do.
Quad core would be nice - especially hearing about the Far Cry 2 gains with it - but I feel like the Q6600 would be a bad choice with people saying it's "getting on a bit" and for some reason people recommend the newer dual cores over this quad core.
Why are the newer 3Ghz dual cores more expensive than this 2.4Ghz quad-core?
I won't be overclocking. The system will be a 1066Mhz DDR2 with P45 chipset and GTX 260 graphics card. What processor would you get, bearing a £150 budget in mind?
Finally, is this a bad time to buy a CPU with nehelem around the corner? I could wait a couple of weeks if that's a sensible thing to do.