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X* EVGA X58 3X SLI Intel Motherboard x38 ASUS
X* Intel Corei7 940 2.93GHz Quad-Core Processor Q6600 tomorrow
X* 12GB PC3-10600 DDR3 1333MHz ram (Crucial Ballistix, Kingston ValueRam) 4GB GSkill PI 850MHz
Y* 1 x NVidia GTX285 1GB - OR - ATI 4870 1GB graphics card 4870x2 OC
Y* 1 x 250GB 7200RPM SATA HD 500GB Samsung
Y* (Seagate, Western Digital) 1 x 500GB 7200RPM SATA HD 750GB Hitachi
Y* Lian Li P60-F Case Customised Cosmos
Y* Intel CPU Cooler Custom Water Cooling
Y* 850W Antec power supply Antec 850 Quattro
Y* 1 x Dell 3008FPW-HC 30" LCD - OR - 2 x Dell 2001FP 20.1" LCD monitors 50" Samsung PDP
Y* Windows Vista 64bit Same

So not too far off, but I play Left4Dead all the time so I represent their target audience.
As far as absolute computing power of the i7 940 absolutely smokes the Q6600, up until the Q6600 hits 3.8GHz.