what cpu model did you chose to price it a 260$? six cores nehalem start around 1000$ according to wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehalem_(microarchit

what cpu model did you chose to price it a 260$? six cores nehalem start around 1000$ according to wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehalem_(microarchitecture)#Server_.2F_Desktop_Processors_2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehalem_(microarchitecture)#Ser... While probably far from "best bang for the buck", the 2 2.4GHz is probably closer to the real cost than the other models. Best 6 cores for the buck seems to be this baby right now, although it doesn't seem to support multiple processors as it is not a Xeon DP. http://ark.intel.com/products/63697 http://ark.intel.com/products/63697