The Intel Quad Core Q6600 is a great product. Its price acc to Intel site is $266, so if you use the present xchange rate of Rs39.5 it turns out to be Rs10,500.
I saw it listed at Rs.11,200
http://www.primeabgb.com/index.php?o...id=1&Itemid=28
I think you could get it for lesser price. I think its THE product to buy if you have the money. Very future proof.
The L2 cache funda, ......Tomshardware tested the effect of L2 cache on gaming, there is a good increase in fps 1MB to 2MB, but not so much from 2mb to 4MB. So 2mb is more than sufficient for gaming, what is needed is clock speed..... overclock it !
Thats why you could go for the E4400 if you have budget contraints, buy a good mobo for overclocking. Spend the rest of the money on a better graphic card and RAM.
Better still the E2xxx series have amazing overclocking abilities. They can be overclocked by 70% to 80%! They start at 2.0 Ghz. And they are the cheapest as you know. But only 1MB L2.