Quote Originally Posted by Last Hegemon View Post
Great job with the forum guys & gtj (you've convinced me to go with a BX2). I'm thinking of buying the following parts within the next week or so and looking for any suggestions/advice:

Intel Bad Axe 2
E6600 CPU
Memory ??? (G.Skill ok? looking to OC to around 3.2GHz and have a budget of $220 for memory; which should I get?)
8800 GTS video card (R600 might be too pricey and run too hot)
Corsair 520HX (40a should be plenty right?)
Barracuda 320GB hard drive (I'd wait for Hitachi's 7k1000, but Anandtech's review might turn out to be all hype; I've thought about getting 2 hd's and doing a Raid 0, just haven't decided; want fast, silent and cool....yeah that's asking for too much)
P180B case

This is going to be an all-around PC which hopefully will last me 4 years. Thanks in advance everyone!
Welcome!

An E6600 at 3.2G is a pretty good combo. You'll probably be able to do it at stock voltages which will keep things cool. You'll either have to under or over clock the memory slightly. G.Skill will be fine as will any other kit you could buy for the $220. Personally I'm a fan of OCZ but like i said, any of the major guys are OK.

Seagate or WD: I run them both and like them both.