CPU SOCKET 775 need advice

[SupaDuper]

I'm looking to buy a good socket 775 cpu to run battlefield, ive got a budget of 300 for this, any advice would be helpful.
I live in Australia btw.
Cheers,

 

[mcnumpty23]

dual core or quad?

best bang for your buck is probably the e8400--overclocks really well with a decent cooler

 

[SupaDuper]

A quad core, at the moment i have the e8400 and im looking for a cpu that will run at med-high settings for battlefield 3.

 

[mcnumpty23]

i believe 300 aud is about £200 so would say the Q9650 would be the best for your budget--very overclockable as well

though dont know what prices are like in australia--can you get one of those for under 300 aud?