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with that mb, you can go into BIOS "CPU Level up" and just click on he 4th option labled "crazy". that should automatically OC your CPU and RAM.
 
I might stay away from any 64 bit operating system now. If you want Vista, get 32 bit instead of 64. But I just use XP Media Center Edition 2005, and it works. Yes, when you overclock your q6600, your RAM speed will go up. But you'll have to make sure your RAM doesn't speed up too much, or the system wont boot, so you'll have to mess with the RAM divider in your BIOS. But you'll figure it all out once you have your rig.
 
and if he wants to play the newest games on a higher setting with vista 4gb will really help.
 
Why do you say that? If he wants 4gb in the future then he'll have to buy Vista 64!

I just hear of vista x64 conflicting with drivers ect. for some things. Also, by the time games start taking advantage of 4GB of memory, that ram will be outdated.
 
K im going to go with

1 x PC ASSEMBLY AND TESTING (PRE-CONFIG OS IF PURCHASED) (they will build it for me)
1 x Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Quad Core Processor LGA775 Kentsfield 2.40GHZ 1066FSB 8MB Retail Box (which i will overclock)
1 x ASUS Maximus Formula SE LGA775 X38 ATX DDR2 2PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 2PCI 2GBLAN 1394A SATA RAID Motherboard (hopefully helps me overclock)
1 x Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL4-4-4-12 240PIN Dual Channel Memory Kit (good enough for now)
1 x EVGA E-GEFORCE 8800GT 512MB Ssc Edition 512MB DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV Out DIRECTX10 Video Card (how do I overclock? same way as processor?)
1 x Zalman CNPS9500 LED Copper CPU Heat Sink 92MM Fan 1350-2600RPM 18-27.5DBA W/ Blue LED (hopefully will keep my rig cooled when overclocked)
1 x Antec Nine Hundred Mid Tower Gamer Case 900 ATX 9 Drive Bay No PS Top USB2.0 1394 Audio
1 x Corsair CMPSU-620HX 620W ATX Triple 12V 50A 24PIN ATX Modular Power Supply 120MM Fan 2X PCI-E (gonna keep)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB SATA2 3GB/S 7200RPM 16MB Cache NCQ Hard Drive
1 x Samsung SH-S203B Black SATA DVD+RW 20X8X16 DVD-RW 20X6X16 DL 18X/12X INT DVD Writer OEM W/ Vista SW
1 x Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition 32BIT DVD OEM (dont want 64 bit cauz im not just playing games on it and i want all programs to work)
1 x Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Gamer 24BIT Sound Card 7.1 PCI Retail Box Bilingual
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do i have to say this again??

Corsair 520 is more than enough for that system even if u oiverclocked a lot...
 
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