The reason I would like 8gb of ram is because I want this computer to last me a long time, and if I ever do want to play hardcore or do a lot of video and photo editing, I want it to be very quick about it. I dont want to have to one day say "Well, I think I should go out and buy a stick of ram". However, I agree 8gb is a ton, I would have done 6gb if they had a place for it, but unfortunately they dont. Regarding OC, I am not quite sure how to do it at this point, but I dont think I will ever truly need to, so yeah I most likely will not need a liquid cooling system. And I am a lot more comfortable buying a pre-built one rather than doing it from scratch. If you know a website that is cheaper or just better than Cyberpowerpc please tell me, but at the current moment, I think that one is going to be the one I get, or like you said, I might configure it and use a Phenom II x4 955 3.2 instead.