FYI you aren't getting an XE you're getting this as the CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115027 the XEs cost like twice as much and pretty much are for overclockers this is what he was talking about though http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_2#Penryn penryn/wolfdale see thread for details http://www.gamerenders.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=354874 basically fgor 3d rendering it'll yield a 10-15% performance per clock. And prices will be lower. the $500 CPU in q1 08 will be a 2.83GHz c2q and it'll be roughly 20% faster than the q6700 when it comes to 3d rendering. If you think 20% is a huge deal then go for it. If not, then save yourself $200 or so and drop to a q6600 which is only 10% slower than the q6700 but is almost half the cost. Also you should be getting a 3d rendering card.
and you think a 8500GT will not be bottlenecked by a quadcore? oh boy you have a lot to learn when it comes to computers.
since ur lazy ill make it a link that all u have to do is click it instead of copy/paste http://www.ibuypower.com
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