I have only just upgraded my PC to the following
Gamers PC Case with built in aero tubing to keep cpu and memory cooler
Gigabyte P35-S3 Motherboard with HD sound
Intel Quad Core Q6600 with G0 stepping @ 2.40GHz for each core
2Gb 666MHz DDR2 Ram
XFI Geforce 8800GTS 360Mb XT Overclocked Edition
LG GSA-4168B CD/DVD Burner
Pioneer 112D CD/DVD Burner
160 Gb Hitachi Sata2 drive
120 Gb Maxtor IDE drive linked onto a PCI IDE card
2 Multicolour 120cm fans (front and back)
1 Multicolour 80cm fan (front)
I rather go and build the PC myself as you know what your getting is what you want. Fair play to the system it`s very stable and the cpu only goes to 34c when i am playing games or rendering and that on the intel standard heat sink and fan.
As for games so far i have not found a game that even taxes it on Direct X 9 and i refuse to go to Vista because i cant see the point in it plus even on my machine it runs slow with anything graphical.
Here is some pics of my pic if your interested.
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