I might actually do this!

[[DWC]DarkWolf]

I scrounged up a little cash, and I really want to upgrade the old Opteron in preperaion for Dragon Age and Mass Effect 2. (Weather I need to or not!)

I think I'd get the Asus P7P55D based on Toms' review. I'm stuck between the i5 and the i7 860. I'm leaning tword the i5 and being more likely to buy a full 8 gigs of RAM right off the bat. I'm mostly only interested in game performance, so I don't know how much I'd get out of HyperThreading. On the other hand, the extra $90 isn't that much in the grand scheme of how much time I'll waste away infront of this thing. Another consideration is weather the money would be better spent of aftermarket cooling. (Only gonna go air, either way.)

I'll need to choose memory too. I'm going to overclock, but I don't know much about the newer setups. How much do I want high speed vs. low latency, vs. "screw it and save money?" Looks like $100 4gb kits come in 7-7-7-24 @ 1600 or 9-9-9-27 @ 2000. Or I could spend less on slower timed 1600 for like $85?

I already have a case, Seasonic 500w psu, drives ect. and an HD4870. I'm not worried about dual graphics cards.