If I could get some advice on which hardware to buy.

I'm looking to upgrade my Asus P5Q pro board with a core2duo 2.53 to a quadcore machine.

Preferably Intel unless the phenom II's arent that bad.

The pc will be used primarily for gaming.

I'm looking for a quadcore ~3.0ghz, 4gb RAM. Need motherboard as well. Looking at around a $350-400 budget. Also would rather have the new socket for future upgrade capabilities if possible.

My current Asus board with processor and ram will be given to my wife, so that is out of the question.

If you need any more info from me, I'll be browsing the thread.

Thanks for the help