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CD/DVD player:
Newegg.com - ASUS Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 14X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe - Retail

Case:
Newegg.com - Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Hard drive:
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

PCU:
Newegg.com - PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 EPS12V EPS12V 610W Continuous @ 40°C Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, cUL, CE, CB, TUV - Retail

Thermal compound:
Newegg.com - ARCTIC COOLING MX-2 Thermal Compound - Retail

Memory:
Newegg.com - Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
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Mobo:
Newegg.com - ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

CPU:
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail

OS:
Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Ultimate for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM

Heatsink:
Newegg.com - Tuniq Tower 120 P4 & K8 CPU Cooler - Retail

Video Card:
8800 gts rev2 plan on stepping up to 9 series if its released in the time frame.

Monitor:
not really sure, something 22in or bigger. im going to look local.

So, i gotta few questions. would it be beneficial to run 2 250gb hard drives in raid as apposed to the one 500gb? i don know much about raid, so that might be a completely stupid thing to say. im also not really sure about the mobo, so any help with that would be great too. id like to keep the total under 2100 for the whole thing. i plan on ordering pretty much right when the gts rev 2 is released... unless there is a good reason to wait.
 
after looking around i think that the p35 chipset would be better bang for my buck. im still thinking about which one to get though.
 
after looking around i think that the p35 chipset would be better bang for my buck. im still thinking about which one to get though.

OMG deadpixel, even this guy knows bang for buck, not performance. Yes, the p35 is the best b4tb.
 
haha alright, of those two i included in my original post (it was edited) which one would you suggest? or would suggest a different mobo completely?
 
remember, benchies dont matter.

as for the mobo, its between the ip35 pro and the p35 ds3r, not the ds3l.

How dont benchmarks matter? Everytime I see something about a video card I see benchmarks and people base thier decisions on that. What about CPU's? They benchmarks those..........
 
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