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What PSU are you using (or is it included in the case?) I personally recommend a PC Power and Cooling. I am using a 610 watt one now and am quite impressed with it.

Also more ram, I have a similar PC with 8 GB ram, I can easily idle at over 2 GB with an 8GB page file. At least get 2GB sticks oh wait I see that that is what your doing... good choice!

PSU - Enermax Noisetaker 2 600W. It may not be the best psu but its issue free for 2 years so far. So Until I have a problem or I need more power than I will keep it.

Mem- well I went with the 2x2 GB DDR2 800 G Skills for now. I may add another set of 4 GB later. Most people say that 4 GB is plenty for now. I know more ram the better, but if its just wasted then I will probley wait to add some more later.

You can oc to 3 ghz with default air cooling? Im getting a core quad instead...

You can oc to 3 ghz with default air cooling? Im getting a core quad instead...

Yes you can, but on a quad I recommend using a case with good airflow as they draw more power which generally means a bit more heat.

Also, Enermax PSUs are pretty good. I had one of their old Whispers on my previous rig and it held up quite well through tons of gaming for the 3 yrs I used it.

I'm jealous of the deal you got on the quad there!

I should be getting the same motherboard (PQ5 Pro) and GPU (ASUS 4850) as you, granted that you didn't change what you mentioned before. I decided to go with some Corsair DDR2 800 as I wasn't expecting to do major overclocking.

Have fun and let me know how the new build goes!