>> Palaiko ir Q9*** - https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5B_Deluxe/HelpDesk_CPU/

> Bet ar bus prieaugis vertas investicijų?

Word'e gal nesijaus, tai nelabai.. bet morkas tarkuot, tai ziurint po kiek parduoti :)
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/51?vs=61
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=1038&cmp[]=1040&cmp[]=908
http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/813/Intel_Core_2_Quad_Q6600_vs_Intel_Core_2_Quad_Q8200.html

45nm (ne Pentiumuose ir ne Celkose) duoda SSE4.1 instrukcijas
Maziau kaist turetu, aukstesnis daznis = greiciau tarkuoja,
o jei Quad - dvigubai daugiau juodadarbiu (sito pageidaut pradejo games).
Savo laiku games geriau buvo 2*3.0GHz nei 4*2.5GHz ..

Jei netyciom virtualias morkas drozia, tai ne visada VT-x'a duoda

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_2_microprocessors#.22Yorkfield-6M.22_.2845_nm.29
a Note: Q8200, Q8200S, Q8300 SLB5W does not support Intel VT-x.
b Note: Q8200, Q8200S, Q8300, Q8400, Q8400S, Q9500 does not support Intel VT-d.