actually a core 2 duo at 3ghz will perform quite like an fx processor at 3.75ghz... sorry.
its shown in benchmarks to be 25% better than athlon 64. 3ghz*1.25=3.75ghz
plus, they're overclockable to 3.4ghz on stock voltage, on air cooling.
so you wasted $900 on cooling huh? lol
buying a super amazing cooling system and overclocking a chip way past what its normal potentials are isn't that tough, its just long boring and expensive which is why nobody ever does it... not to mention the maintenance is ridiculous... even on water cooled rigs. i mean i havent touched the inside of my case for its cooling system in probably a couple of months and that was only because i was bored so i decided to sand the ihs down to a mirrored finish.
i mean really, great overclock and everything, but core 2 duo beats it.
with an e6600 and that cooler, i'd bet you could surpass 4ghz quite easily... and therefore 5ghz athlon 64 X2 standards...
i'd say it all comes down to the fact that the core 2 duo #1 has better architecture, and #2 is built upon a 65nm standard... the fx series is still being produced as 90nm which gives it a big overclocking disadvantage.
then again, 3dmark06 could be different than other cpu tests... in either case the core 2 duo is still a better proc, and he didn't spend $900 on cooling for it. lol
would be nice if i get mine that high too ^_^
wasn't that obvious so far? you're the first one to ask tough 
nvm me your system wont run conroe you need a new mobo. 
