:'(

Was the thread about someone putting baloney in his PS3 on System Wars? That was one of my favorites, but it might have been a PS3 forum thread.

It's a tossup between

-Not calling that phantom foul against Bill Laimbeer in the '88 Finals, or

-Robert **** Horry missing that **** shot in Game 5 of the 2005 Finals.

I'm pretty sure a quality 450W power supply, like an Antec, is fine for the suggested specs. In Anandtech's review of the 9800GTX, their test system, which had a Skulltrail mobo using two quad-core processors, produced a maximum of 350W. Even if you clocked that E8400 to 4GHz it wouldn't match that kind of power consumption.

EDIT: However, if you're planning on SLI'ing that card down the road, then yeah, you'll want a more powerful PSU. Something like a Corsair HX620W would be ideal in that case.

Maybe SLI'ing massively power-hungry cards (like the 2900XT or 8800GTX) and having a massively overclocked and overvolted quad-core processor. Your typical not-quite-top-end system, with a single card and mildly overclocked processor, won't get anywhere near that figure. However, getting a power supply that's a bit more than you actually need sometimes helps with maintaining a low fan speed and operating the power supply at its peak points of efficiency - so less noise and less energy. In your case, the 610W Silencer is a good choice, since the quality lower-wattage PSUs at AVADirect aren't really that much cheaper (the Corsair HX520W would be a good choice, but it's only $15-20 less). You don't need that kind of power, but there's not a compelling reason to change it, either.

EDIT: On second thought, I say the Corsair PSU would be a better choice than the one you have selected. Not only does it cost less, but it fits the overall power range of your system better and is a little quieter than the PCP&C unit, if that kind of thing is important to you.

As for decent TV tuners? I personally like the Avermedia AverTV PCI-E card, but other solid choices include any QAM tuners by Hauppauge and the AutumnWave HDTV-GT USB tuner. I don't know how good these are with cable, however, since I use an antenna.

No. Go to tomeshardwareguide.com for real answer. 9600 is lower end card, 8800 is higher end card. 9600 is like BMW M3 2008 and 8800 is like BMW M5 2007.magicalclick

According to the Tom's Hardware benchmarks, the 9600GT is similar to the 8800GT 256MB in low-resolution tests without antialiasing applied (though the newer card still wins more than it loses), but it largely crushes the 8800GT 256MB in anything above that.