Intel Q8300 CPU Review
 

The Q8300 is easy on your hydro bill, and gives pretty darn good performance for the buck. Its overclocking is limited by the 1333MHz FSB, but you are extremely likely to be able to run at 3.375GHz (450x7.5) on any decent motherboard, and that is 175MHz faster than the stock speed of the extremely expensive QX9770.

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