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Sorry. Turns out its the 650W, not the 630. And I can get it in this case for less than $75, new. Sorry about the confusion

is this: Antec TruePower 630W Enough for this: Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gamer Case Processor: intel core 2 duo E6850 Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R w/ DualDDR2 1066, 7.1 Audio, Gigabit Lan, PCI-E x16 Corsair 2GB XMS2-6400C4 TWIN2X Dual Channel DDR2 Kit (2 x 1GB) Seagate 320GB Barracuda 7200.10...

Speaking as one of the noobs who keeps asking for advice, its difficult to know many of the things you asked for. Research is a must, and I see how it is annoying to have to question for hours to find out the basics, but if we knew what we were doing, we wouldn't be here. And besides, ultimately...

We all pay steeply for power. Speed up 13% for 36% on cost seems attractive, assuming you are unable to overclock it yourself. But anyways, if you can afford to, wait for Penryn. Even if you aren't interested in the new stuff, one can only assume current gen chip prices will fall.

I looked at the quad core CPU. But this rig is almost exclusively for gaming. and general/gaming benchmarks favor the e6850 even over the QX6850 extreme edition. so without the media encoding or 3D rendering advantages of quad, its not worth it. Besides, at this point, probably worth waiting for...

Hey. Starting my first build and looking for advice. the pre-list of components is below. Any suggestions welcome. Thanks computer specs Processor: intel core 2 duo E6850 Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R w/ DualDDR2 1066, 7.1 Audio, Gigabit Lan, PCI-E x16 Corsair 2GB XMS2-6400C4 TWIN2X Dual Channel...

sorry, wrong forum

Hey. I'm looking to start my first build and was wondering if anyone could give some advice. Open to all comments. Thanks computer specs Processor: intel core 2 duo E6850 Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R w/ DualDDR2 1066, 7.1 Audio, Gigabit Lan, PCI-E x16 Corsair 2GB XMS2-6400C4 TWIN2X Dual Channel...