if this benchmark is true, I'm thinking of switching over to ATI

http://my.ocworkbench.com/bbs/showthread.php?p=425431

2 160 gig hard drives raid 0

I'm particular at keeping my comp clean, i don't store music or movies only games. And usually unless it's a multiplayer game once I beat it I delete it.

So the average space I use is around 80-120 gigs. So these 2 hard drives are plenty for me

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/3337-ocz-2x1gb-ddr3-pc3-12800-platinum-eb-review-8.html

if you o/c you can get a good performance boost over the fastest ddr2 out right now, but gaming wise there won't be much of a difference (if at all) besides loading maps and such faster.

it's not but look at the price of this ram compared to it's ddr2 counterpart (performance wise you'd probably need ddr2 1066 or even 1100 5,5,5,15 timings to match performance) and hopefully I'll be able to push the timings on these or at least overclock em a couple hundered mhz :p

and i've been deployed for awhile so i got some cash to blow ;)

ASUS MAXIMUS EXTREME LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

COOLER MASTER Real Power Pro1000 RS-A00-EMBA ATX12V / EPS12V 1000W Power Supply - Retail

Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ3P16002GK - Retailx2 for 4 gigs

for the processor I'm going with the new Q9450, I'm using D&D watercooling so hopefully I can overclock the crap out of it.

I'm still undecided about the video card though, I don't know if I want the 9800GX2 or just go with ATIs new card.