I only run an e6300, overclocked to 2.8ghz on both cores.

I havent found any game slowdown because of this yet, hence im waiting for q6600 to drop even lower.

i do need a new gfx tho.

i went from x1950 xt 256 (awesome card) to 8800 GTX (overkill) to x1950 pro 256 (runs bf2 on high but a bit sluggish for sniping on dragon island)

So think ill get a 3870 pro next