thanks for all the input!!

Hey markost, lots of good advice! sounds like for me the rampage x would be the way to go for a noobie overclocker like myself, but a got a few Q's for ya:

is the qx worth the double price over the q?
ddr3 worth it or can i use my OCZ Reapers(2g ddr2 1066 pc8500)?
rampage good with sli(gtx280's)?

things i've read say the intel chips are easier to clock, (like you said) and that there friendlier to quads and sli, true?

one last Q, you have water cooling on your regulators??(what are those)

oh yeah from my last post i said about having a slot or vid card problem , confirmed! it's the flipin #1 slot on the board, guess i,m updateing sooner than i thought.

can't wait to get into this , those AMD numbers are SOOO weak compared to what you guys are gettin!! who cares if it's dollar for dollar the q6600 is just as good if not better and the Beater phemon 9850 is as good as it gets!!

time to step up! thanks again for the input ,

SG,