perfomence

I'm finally dumping my PIII machine and going in for a Quad Core monster, I'm finally upgrading after 6 years, I will not be upgrading for definately 4 years, I've zeroed in on this config:- CPU - Intel Core Quad Q9300 (Budget of 10-11K for CPU) Mobo - Asus P5Q PRO or MSI P7N SLI Platinum or...

1.hows its perfomence of amd x2 4200+ and can u give me the benchmarks? 2.is its perfomence upto c2d? 3.how much does it cost? 4.and is it very good only for RTS games like RON? 5.suggest a amd x2 4200+ and a mobo only for real time strategy games, i wont be playing fps or rps on it...