PM me a week before you want to purchase and I'll see what I have by then, TV size doesn't matter since they are all 1080P resolution. 
Civ takes advantage of 4 cores, and of course i7's are the best, but that's hitting your budget limit, phenom ii x4s are pretty close to i7 performance from what I can tell, so I would suggest going that route + a good video card and save some money, either way we'll see what I got come Christmas.
Civ takes advantage of 4 cores, and of course i7's are the best, but that's hitting your budget limit, phenom ii x4s are pretty close to i7 performance from what I can tell, so I would suggest going that route + a good video card and save some money, either way we'll see what I got come Christmas.