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Edit: I put this in general homebuilt forum also, but wanted to get some OC'ers opinions.

Ok guys, after a few posts, i think im finally ready to push the checkout button (or buttons because im buying from multiple vendors), I want to put my parts list down for any helpful ones who have helped me already to critique and comment on, or give me additional suggestions. Special Props go out to Doughbuy and Mpilchfamily, Thanks guys for your help :)

Estimated Budget $4000.00, Current Spendature $4001.00 (dont ask me how i got that close)

Tiger Direct buying:
QX6700 Kentsfield Quad Core
eVGA 8800 GTX (x2 wanted to wait for AC3 cooling on the eVGA Cards but getting impatient and no release date in sight)
eVGA 680i SLI Mobo
Creative X-Fi Fatality Sound Card
Windows 2005 Media Center OEM (Vista Upgrade)

Approx: $2960.00

Directron buying:
Corsair XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500 C5 2 gigs
Cooler Master Premium Heat Paste (supposedly Shin Etsu)

Approx: $412.00

e-WIZ buying:
CM 80 Stacker Black (one of the only places i found it in black)

Approx: $240.00

Sidewinder buying:
Scythe Infinity HSF
1 Delta High Performance 120mm fan (for front of C80 Stacker)
2 Scythe 120mm Fans (for top of C80 Stacker and for opposite side of Sythe Infinity)
2 Thermaltake Blue LED 120mm fans (for side panel, hopefully it looks neato! :)

Approx: $139.00

PC Power & Cooling buying:
Silencer Quad 750W PSU (nobody else sold the quad)

Approx: $250.00

I already have:
21" Dell LCD
Plextor DVD Burner
Liteon DVD Reader
Klipsch Promedia 5.1 Speakers
10,000 RPM WD Raptor 70g HDD's (x2 in raid, if i run out of room ill buy a storage HDD later, but 140g should tide me over for a while)

I decided to go with fan cooling as apposed to water cooling because i want to see if I can get good results with fans first, if not then i can go back and water cool my video cards and CPU later as an upgrade.

With this system do you think i would be able to do a fair amount of OCing and have a system that lasts for a while?

Any comments or suggestions are appreciated greatly :)

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