well thats too late now isnt it
That's not an answer to my question :P
I'll assume you just didn't want to spend the extra $50 or you weren't thinking about it.
I actually got the same CPU as you back in December, it's pretty sad because the sandy bridge cpu's came out a month later for the same price. I regret it because it probably would have made a very noticeable difference in emulating some games.