[Nuke]

turns out they brought the turbine case back in its proper color, black. and seeing as im big on flight sims, no contest

im debating wether or not i should use thermal paste on my cpu or just stick with the pad on the stock cooler. its only an extra 10 bucks or so, but my earlyer expieriences with thermal goo arent to plesant. fortunately none of those machines were mine. i have some time to think about it. the rest of my parts will cost about 800 bucks, and i might not be able to afford it on the next paycheck without some sacrifices (as in less ram and no vista). fortunately all thats left is mobo, mem, and cpu, and any minor accessories i might end up getting.

[Bob-san]

Uh if you can't afford a tube of Arctic Silver 5, don't get it. The thermal tape will work though not as well as the AS5. Anyways--what was your full parts list?

[Nuke]

same as before, i modified it abit for new part selections. case,psu,extra fan,hd,and dvd burner have all been ordered already.
http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/wishlist/PublicWishDetail.asp?WishListNumber=4307974

changes include the faster e6700 dual core rather than the q6600. the quad core has been rated as a hackish implementation of quad, where as the dual core chips actually had the architecture planned out properly. you get about a 30% boost in workstation apps (max, photoshop, video encoding), but the quad has no advantage to gaming.

also i switched to a dual channel memory kit. they seemed to match the model numbers on the qvl for the mobo better. if i cant afford everything on the next paycheck, il only get 1 kit, otherwise il go with the full 4gb (and il have to get vista as well).

i got the silver and the surface cleaner on the list. the arctic silver website seems to have a reasonably good how to pdf. i got other cpus that could stand to be re-interfaced thermally.