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The 6gb was because I didn't really want to pay for 8. However, Newegg dropped the 2x2gb prices last night so I went ahead and bought 8: 2 x ($64.99) MEM 2Gx2|CRUC CT2KIT25664BA1339 R - Retail $129.98 1 x ($79.99) MB GIGABYTE | GA-MA770T-UD3P AMD770 - Retail $79.99 1 x ($169.99) CPU...

Last bump. I'm about to buy. $170 AMD XII Phenom X4 945 3.0 GHz $104 2x1gb and 2x2gb Crucial DDR3 1333 to give me 6gb running dual channel on all four sticks. $80 GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P $48 Corsair CMPSU-400CX 400W $402 total. Any last minute gotchas that I should be aware of?

Okay, I'm about ready to make my purchases - I don't think my current CPU fan will be lasting much longer, it's making all kinds of lovely noises - and would like some last minute advice. I can't decide whether or not to get Crucial 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600)...

Thank you for the all of the great info. I bought the 400W Corsair from ZipZoomFly for $47.99. I'm still unsure about the mobo choice. It seems like the best SouthBridge for me is the SB710 because it doesn't have RAID, but it does seem to have the ACC feaure, if I ever wanted to take...

Thank you for the suggestions. I suppose that I should mention my 5-6 HDs. Do you think the 400W PSU will have enough juice, even being as stable as it is as a 80 PLUS device?

Sorry, had trouble with the formatting. I originally had links to my current GPU and PSU, but those links made the middle half of my post disappear. Here they are: GeForce 8800GT OC OCZ PowerStream 520W

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Some gaming, nothing crazy. The most advanced game that I've played recently was Fallout 3, but I rarely game. Mostly watching HD/Blu Ray .mkv files, web browsing, word processing. Multitasking is a plus. 2)...