[Yawgm0th]

You can't just price a CPU alone, because motherboard prices vary greatly based on socket and what you want to do. For example, the Core Duo T2300 is just over $200 and once overclocked it's better than anything else currently available. However, you'll need to spend over $250 for just a decent overclocking motherboard. A 3800 X2 is just under $300, but you can get a good overclocking socket 939 motherboard for under $100.

So that's $360-$420 for an X2 3800, but $450-$550 for a T2300. See my point? It's hard to give you a recommendation on just a processor if we don't have an overall CPU/Board price or knowledge of whether the system will be overclocked or not.