Wow, Lasereth, very quick and informative reply. All this advice is much appreciated, and will certainly help.
A couple more on the GPU, since you're here.
I've heard that the 88-- and 98-- are quite similar.
Now I see this:
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Originally Posted by newegg
EVGA 512-P3-N841-AR GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Customer Choice Award2x Winner of Customer Choice Award - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
* Chipset Manufacturer: NVIDIA
* Core clock: 670MHz
* Stream Processors: 128
* Memory Clock: 1940MHz
* DirectX: DirectX 10
* OpenGL: OpenGL 2.0
* DVI: 2
150 - 20 = $130
EVGA 512-P3-N975-AR GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
* Chipset Manufacturer: NVIDIA
* Core clock: 600MHz
* Stream Processors: 112
* Memory Clock: 1800MHz
* DirectX: DirectX 10
* OpenGL: OpenGL 2.1
* DVI: 2
130 - 15 = $115
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Is the 8800 GTS faster/more powerful? It's 15 bucks more after rebate, but is it a better card?