Q7500, a budget quad core for under $150

[Ozzfest05]

To me this is a move targetted at the average user and an Intel budget quad will be a good seller regardless of how it performs against phenom's or other Intel CPU's.

The magic word is 'Quad' and Mr Average always assumes more equals better in PC terms.

your taking this all wrong dude look at the E5200 800fsb 2mb cache dual core at 2.5 so 12.5x multi its an 80 dollar cpu but people have clocked it over 5ghz thats really average user isnt it the point people here are making is this might be the budget cpu that overclocks like mad