Originally Posted by Jinn

Ever raidmax PSU I've ever had failed, slowly; first by not giving enough power for all internals, and then failing completely. I second Lasereth on that.

However,



This, I have to disagree with. I just build a budget PC (around $600) with the Kentsfield Q6600 (low-end) quad-core and noticed substantial difference in the games I play over dual core. I've seen improvements in Cysis and EverQuest2, for sure. In fairness, EQ2 has a check box for 'use multicore support' which means they've clearly optimized for it, but I do think that considering the similarity between the higher end dual core and the low-to-mid quad-cores, I'd pick a quad core again any day.

Also, I haven't seen any reason to go with the "FATALITY" branded anything - I think you're paying more for marketing than performance. There are plenty of good 4GB bundles out there, 1066, with good speed - for much cheaper.
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As an example, here's the system I built:

Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

ASRock P43Twins1600 LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

EVGA 512-P3-N879-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply - Retail

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600 - Retail

Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT25664AA80A - Retail

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Sony NEC Optiarc 20X DVDR Burner Black SATA Model AD-7200S-0B - OEM



I think it was $660 shipped at the time, after mail-in rebates.