I'll be ordering my parts on the 22nd, this is my tentative rig...

[Freebirth]

4 cores @ 2.4Ghz and only a 8800GTS?

Money is very much an object for me, so I'm trying to get the best bang for my buck. Do you have any suggestions?

 

[veg1992]

4 cores @ 2.4Ghz and only a 8800GTS?

huh??? the processor will be $266 soon, not 500+, but a gts 320mb does fine....

 

[Freebirth]

My one question still stands for anyone knowledgeable on the subject:

I'm quite new to the game of custom PC'ing so I don't really know the first thing about overclocking. Can you get a substantial increase in performance power from oc'ing? Would it be worth getting the Tuniq Tower so that I can OC?

 

[b1gapl]

Overclocking a C2D can be like day and night, comparing stock and overclocked speeds. I would never go back to stock, after I've gotten mine to 3.0GHz+.

Yes....it would be very worth getting the Tuniq, if you're overclocking the Q6600.

 

[veg1992]

My one question still stands for anyone knowledgeable on the subject:

I'm quite new to the game of custom PC'ing so I don't really know the first thing about overclocking. Can you get a substantial increase in performance power from oc'ing? Would it be worth getting the Tuniq Tower so that I can OC?

definitely, ppl overclock to push value and juice out of things, like take the e4300, those push easily to 3.0ghz and thats the performance of the core 2 extreme x6800, a $1k CPU, u get its performance for $163 w/o the unlocked multiplier

 

[Freebirth]

Wow guys! Thanks! Looks like I'll be getting the Tuniq then, haha.