Hate to kill this deal but you can get this same chip at Microcenter for $150. On top of that you can join their rewards program and get an extra 5% off.

Couldn't help it. Just had to kill it.

"useful"

Good that you mention it. I know not all of us have a Microcenter

Should I get this or keep a Q6600? Thanks

If your building a new system, I'd go with the i5, it's faster & overclocks better.

is this bill me system a good scam?

Thanks for the info #5

Yeh ,the Q series weren't all that great and performance wasn't that much different from Core 2 Duo's. I'd definitely go for the i5 or i7 configuration.

Is there a way I can install this or an i7 on a Core 2 Duo motherboard?

I doubt it #9, these i5/i7 use different slots than a LGA775 which is a Core 2 Duo's slot

ebillme sux

this cpu uses socket 1156. both i5 and i7 chips can go into it, and you get dual channel memory support (so 4 dimms)

i7-920/950/965/975 use socket 1366. at some point when i9 is released (6 cores, 12 threads) it will also use socket 1366. this supports triple channel memory (usually 6 dimms, tho the occasional board only has 3 dimm slots)

all socket 1366 chips have hyperthreading (2x threads to number of cores)

buy this or other chips at microcenter if possible. i7-920 is 200, this is 150.

if you've got a q6600 and can OC to 3.0, you'd have to have a fairly good reason to jump up to this (same amt of memory support, etc), esp when socket 1366 boards are ~200 and the i7-920 (w/ hyperthreading, and a decent heatsink will take you to 3.8 on stock volts most of the time). I'd either stay put or go to 1366 (the extra dimm of memory is the small-ish price premium)

Great info, thank you

Thanks for the useful info which is a nice break from the gpu troll squatting here.