Gaming CPU = E8500

why you ask? well... most games are not optimized to run on more than 2 cores and that means that if you get 2 Faster cores (E8500 @ 3.17ghz OC to 4ghz+) it will perform better than a Quad core CPU (Q6600 @ stock OC to 3.6ghz) and trust me, its much easier to overclock a E8500 than a Q6600, also take in consideration that wolfdales (E7xxx to E8xxx) are 45nm, so that means less power consuption and less temps on your CPU.

[QUOTE="PNarSerja"]

OC HD4850 > 9800GTX+ > Stock 4850 > 9800GTX

Since the 9800GTX+ is just a Shrink/OC version of 9800GTX i decided to put the OC version of the 4850

Nvidia Fanboys piss me off.

Sordidus

OC 9800GTX+ > OC HD4850 > 9800GTX+ > Stock 4850 > 9800GTX:|

lol so naive.

OC HD4850 > 9800GTX+ > Stock 4850 > 9800GTX

Since the 9800GTX+ is just a Shrink/OC version of 9800GTX i decided to put the OC version of the 4850

Nvidia Fanboys piss me off.

Thanks for your comments guys, I really appreciate it. :D

I bet my fingers are going to hurt for a few weeks :P

Well... I'm not happy... I'm Really really really happy :D

My last rig was a P4 2.6ghz and a Geforce 7600gs.

Here's the new rig:

C2D E8600 @ 3.33 (Stock atm) with Freezer 7 Pro

ASUS HD 4850 512mb

4gb G.Skill DDR2 1000

GA-P35-DS3L all solid capacitors (not the newest stuff but seems really stable, good compatibility and great OC)

OCZ GameXStream 600w PSU

Lite-on DVD 20x

WD 2500AAKS 16mb

Thanks for your comments.

Hi im planning to buy an HD 4870 and i'd like to know how much PSU wattage im going to need to power those 2 PCI-E 6 pin connectors and my whole case.

the other pieces of hardware i have:

Q9450 OC at 3.4ghz

4gb G.Skill ddr2 1066

2 hard drives

2 dvd burner/players

4 120mm fans

Corsair Dominator RAM fans

Gigabyte DS3R motherboard

I really need some help choosing a Good PSU to keep all my hardware stable and running well.

thanks