Which CPU?

[DevilBoy916]

Hiya guys

I am about to order a P35 mobo, a 8800GTS 512mb, 4GB Geil Ram.
I was going to get the Q6600 processor, as everyone seems to have these, and 4 cores is very tempting, and sounds fast!

I will be playing games a lot (COD4 and Crysis), as well as the usual webbing, and downloading etc...

I suppose I could move up slightly on my processor budget, perhaps to £300ish.

Can anyone recommend a brilliant processor, that will improve my gaming experience for many moons to come?
I am planning on overclocking slightly, with a Tuniq cooler, or maybe a Thermalright 120 Extreme...

Cheers in advance for the advice, and sorry if this has been asked!
DB

 

[DevilBoy916]

I was thinking about the E8400...

But I am planning on keeping this PC for at least a year before the next upgrade.
So maybe quad core will be more future proof?

Would it be a good idea to fork out on one of the higher MHz Quads perhaps?

 

[DevilBoy916]

I am thinking that it might future proof my new build more if i get a quad 6600.
I am planning on clocking it to over 3ghz if I can.

So I am guessing this will keep me gaming for a good year yet. Especially if new games offer quad support.

OR, is this new Dual Core processor thats coming out next week the mutts nutts?

Looking at the top FPS for crysis on this site, a lot of the top machines have Q6600's.
The others have the intel extreme processors, which are way out of my price range.

 

[DevilBoy916]

Hmmm.

I am planning on getting a 512mb GTS for now. And perhaps upgrading later in the year if the performance starts to drop, to one of the 9800 cards.

Steve528 - Are you saying that the Crysis Benchmarks will be dominated by the new wolfdales?