I'm considering an upgrade from my E6300 (at 3.00 GHz {7x429} with a Xigmatek 1283) to either an Q8200 or E8400 since they are both on sale at Microcenter for $150.
Primary use of the computer is gaming, with constant multitasking on 2nd monitor. Warhammer, TF2, Fallout3 plus IRC...