Overclocking is required by law
I actually overclocked my last cpu while lowering voltage so the temps actually went down a tiny bit. Then I put a better cooler on and it ran cooler than stock. You only have to worry about temps when you start putting a lot of voltage in which isn't needed if you don't try for super high clocks.
My room gets very hot and I've always overclocked. 3ghz should be easy with a q6600 even with high ambient temps.
I dont think i have enough money for all this stuff guys!!!
I still run XP Pro, will this effect me?
Performance wise right now a faster clocked Dual-Core would beat 4 cores in most games except UT3 and Crysis
However more and more games are Quad Intensive.. and the few FPS lost now because of Quads instead of duals, will become a lot more when games are quad-intensive
So get a Quad-Core Q6600
For Boards: that depends on what you want on it... like features like two Video Cards and RAID etc
Heres what I recommend:
Q6600
Biostar P45
HD 4850
Corsair 650tx (I recommended the 650tx in case you wanted to add another HD 4850 in the Future)
4gb DDR2 Patriot Viper
Rosewill RCX-Z775 Black Cooler or the Xigmatek Rifle 120mm if you have the extra budget room with the retention bracket
HD of your Liking based on how much size you want
Case of your choice
Optical Drive of your Choice
which Xigmatek Rifle 120mm? do i need to buy a liquid heat compoud, or use the one that comes with the heatsink/fan?