A good Intel Core 2 Duo processor?

I am currently using a Intel Pentium 945 D 3.5 GHz (2 CPU's)

I'm going to get a 9800GTx+, im going to see how badly bottlenecked it will be
if it works fine then I won't change, if it annoys me I'll just buy a new
processor.

but I don't know which one, any ideas?
I'm looking for something with a reasonable price

Get a e8600, you won't regret it. OCs extreemely easily to 4.0 ghz (400 mhz x 10)

Its wayyy better than the one you're looking at.

get one of intels e4x00 processors like the e4500. these are great for a budget usually less than $100usd, and they overclock like crazyferret-gamer

What he said! But if you have the cash, and don't want to OC, get something in the e8x00 series.

get one of intels e4x00 processors like the e4500. these are great for a budget usually less than $100usd, and they overclock like crazyferret-gamer

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"]get one of intels e4x00 processors like the e4500. these are great for a budget usually less than $100usd, and they overclock like crazyX360PS3AMD05

Double check because you don't want to buy a new proc and find out your comp won't work with it. Or you may have to flash the BIOS :? Even some C2D boards needed a flash to use the new 45nm Wolfdale CPUs............X360PS3AMD05

How do I check I have no idea how