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So, I'm going to be building a new computer from scratch in the next month or so.

I'm looking at a new ATX mid tower, the Nvidia 570 motherboard and probably a gig or so of Kingston or Corsair DDR2.

I'm going to wait for a few months to get a vid card so I can (hopefully) get the nVidia 8800 for cheap(er) Since it's the only DX-10 vid card right now...oh and the 8600....which I need since I'll be building this system to run Windows Vista.

Now the only question is a CPU. I've researched the Conroe quite a bit and it's KILLING the AMD FX60....that's sick.

Does anybody have any experience with the Conroe?

It's supposed to be an overclocker's dream.....they've been known to be able to take a 150% overclock....that's 4 gig per core!!!!! And apperently at that over clock they are still very stable and don't get much hotter than normal.
Also, people are getting 2 gig+ bus speeds too.....that's sick....can you imagine running the top of the line vid card and still being bottle necked at it? Very cool.

 
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Spend less money on the rig and put it into a 5L

Im still running an xp 2500 with an asus mb and nvidia 6600 GT.

Box still hauls and plays most games with ease, BF2142 has been a bit tough on her.

Newest technology costs, why not step a few steps back ?

 
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the 5L will have it's time.....pretty soon too.(month or 2)

The cpu isn't gonna cost much more than 500 bucks and I shouldn't have to upgrade anything but the vid card for about 4 years.

A buddy of mine has the nVidia 6800 overclocked to pretty much the same speed as a 7600GT. yer not that far behind.....sounds like it's still a pretty respectable system.