I have a geforce 260 216 and it runs most games, except crysis, maxed out at 1920x1200 so I whichever one that you can get the best deal on would be your best bet. The actual real world difference between those three cards is pretty minimal in the big scheme of things.

Looks like a nice build, very similar to mine. Might want to get a rear exuast fan for the case and if you can afford it bump yourself up to triple channel memory.

Also I would recomend switching out the power supply for this one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703009

I would also so with a better case. the Cooler Master HAF 922 is only about $20 more

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The funny thing about dual core CPUs are people are finally starting to develop for them, and what do they do? They unleash quad cores to the masses! It is freaking funny!

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>=[ I dont even wanna know anything about quad core lol please stop there I just bought a dual core :S

Yeah once you start looking up stuff on processors, you will figure stuff out and then it becomes easy. BTW if you don't want to spend that entire $300 on a videocard or you think your power supply is insufficient, the radeon 4850 is really cheap right now, I just saw a couple in the $100 range. This card will easily provide you with enough power for most new games. Also as stated before, if you have an hp, dell, or someother oem special, make sure that you have a pci express slot.

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/ultimate_core_i7_overclocking_guide_we_push_nehalem_its_limits

Yep. Here is a decent overclocking guide. I believe they are using an asus motherboard so the BIOS should be similar if not the same.

lol. umm it is a lot more complicated then that. You can only compare clockspeeds of chips using the same design. The pentium 4 chip was a very ineffiecient design, while the core 2 duo is much more effiecient. Your pentium 4 is aprox. equivelent to a single core of a core 2duo clocked at about 1.6Ghz. Having multiple cores does two things. If an application is programed to take advantage of multiple cores it will run up to 2 times faster then it would with a single core. Multiple cores also allows you to multitask beter since one application thread can be handled by one core leaving the other core to handle another thread. So doen't worry your new dual core is much faster. If you have anymore questions feal free to ask.

What MoBo do you have?

No, the two clock speeds do not add up. It is like having two individual cpus, each with there own clockspeed.

It's going to be really tough to find a good notebook for $400, unless you buy one used. Your other option would be to get a netbook.

If you have a decent enough PC I would go with that since it is cheaper and you will be able to use either mouse and keyboard or a 360 controller.

It is american, but since the exchange rate is so good right now it doesn't make a lot of difference. I think a $20 game ends up being about $24-$25 in total with my credit card.