JackArbiter

Thanks everyone!

Between ya'll and answers to a few questions I asked Clinic, I have some great options ahead of me.... will post a build once I'm final.

Please continue to weigh in on this, comments such as lordikon's, which backs up clinic's statement that I should buy this monitor: http://www.clubit.com/product_detail...emno=CA4603219
remind me that 80 percent of newegg buyers can easily be wrong.

JackArbiter

Ouch, the rocketfish does look nice:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1183160363476

JackArbiter

Ok - there's a deal on the P5E open box (which can be flashed into a rampage x48), but some issues as to whether that will include cables and an I/O shield. It's either that or the DFI x38 (which may have so many bios options that i'll explode). Oh, and I want 2 IDE cables since I have 2 slowass 120 hard drives full of stuff I like, and I heard that one of the DFI boards only has 1 IDE connector.

P5E:

Open Box: ASUS P5E LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard

$129.99



DFI:

DFI LANPARTY DK X38-T2R LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

In Stock
$194.99

keep in mind... the P5E can be flashed into the rampage x48. Not sure if the DFI can keep up.

Also - buying everything in one go from newegg if I buy, is the tuniq really going to hold me back in comparison with the TRUE? The true is not in stock and has no ETA, and I don't know if there's really that much of a difference.

(EDIT)

Found one final thing:

OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2RPR800C44GK - Retail

* Cas Latency: 4
* Features: Patent-pending Reaper HPC Heatsink 2.2V EVP EPP-Ready
* Heat Spreader: Yes
* Timing: 4-4-4-15

104 dollars as opposed to G.skill's ddr2 1000 (cas lat 5, timing: 5-5-5-15) for 99 dollars.

Would it possibly overclock higher?