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Okay mr. Lasereth, the time that I have money is now upon me!! I have been researching all my components towards a new computer and am stuck on 2 things right now, one graphics card related and one not. But I am posting both here.

1.) I am considering overclocking either choice eventually. Not sure which one would be the way to go. Both do not come with a heatsink or a fan as I am planning on upgrading this to one of the Scythe or Thermalright or Zalman units, I have to do some research on cooling units first.
a.) Intel Duo E8400 3.00GHz w/ 6MB Cache ($200)
b.) Intel Quad Q9450 2.66GHz w/ 12MB Cache ($380)

And finally....

2. Graphics card!! Old reviews say that the 8800 GT is better than the GTS, but apparently the newer made GTS units are better. I am not sure what to do, or if I should run some in SLI, here are some cards and some prices I can get on them
a.) 8800 GT 512MB ($200 each)
b.) 8800 GT 512MB ($230-240 each)



Okay, not sure if I should be posting all this in here, but I am going to anyways!

You guys figure its worth it to go for a mobo that supports DDR3 ram? If I go the DDR2 ram and get 4 gigs of ram (using 32 bit xp) it will cost about 300 bucks less than getting the nicer mobo with DDR3 and 2 gigs of FAST ram.



Essentially I can build myself a computer with the dual core, DDR2 mobo, 1 hard drive, 1 graphics card and a dvd drive for around 1300 (my brother just build this one from NCIX, about the same prices as memex for me).

Or I can build myself a computer with the quad core, ddr3 mobo, 2 hard drives in raid, 2 graphics cards in SLI for like 2500.

Now what do you think holds the better value? Get the nicer comp now, or get the 1300 (maybe add a few upgrades) and keep doing that every couple years or so.