Purchasing a new CPU any suggestions.

[SourCelery]

I had to reply to this thread because I just bought a new computer. Here's the stats on mine:

Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 at the stock 2.4Ghz
4GB of PC6400 (800Mhz) DDR2 memory
500GB hard drive
GeForce 8800GT 512
Windows XP (F Vista!)

All that and I paid $829 plus $39 for shipping/handling
It's a NIB Dell that I got on Ebay from someone that bought in bulk (she was selling 12 in the auction I got mine).

You said you were looking to spend 6-800 and this is just slightly higher than that and it's a HUGE improvement from what you currently use.

[erik_llewellyn]

I recently built a system for a co-worker that plays live-EQ and 3 boxes. All parts were bought off www.newegg.com and came out to $635 after shipping.

Asus P5Q Intel P45 chipset mobo
Intel Core2 Duo E7200 (45nm wolfdale) 2.53 GHz
2x 2GB OCZ Platinium DDR2-1066 Ram
Nvidia 8800GT 512MB made by EVGA
Western Digital 750GB HDD
generic SOHO case w/ 600W PS and 4 fans