In response to Fred

I wish I could comment on the fast duo over the slower quad. When I bought mine last year nothing was really optimized to use the 4 cpus so a fast duo made sense. Now tho, the quad may be a better way to go, they've had more time to utilize it and moving forward quad would prob be the way to go.

I always like buying my cases with the PS already installed, never had a problem and I don't like messing with the added hassle...I know it's no big thing but it's what I'm used to now.

I've never used a gigabyte MB...I always use intel boards with intel CPUs and ASUS boards with AMD. Once again, just something I've had success with and grown comfortable with.

I don't know how much RAM is costing but I'd go 8 gig...you are using win7 64 bit right?

If you're following the ARS build you should be good to go tho.

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