so, i'm up and running. currently dl'ing team fortress 2 so i figured i'd post this.
1. GIGABYTE GA-X38-DQ6 LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Ultra Durable 2, Ultra Cooling Intel Motherboard - Retail
2. Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
3. Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
4. BFG Tech BFGE88512GTSE GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
5. ZALMAN CNPS9700 LED 110mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler - Retail
6. Creative 70SB046A00000 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series - Retail
7. Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM x2 in RAID 0
8. Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
9. OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI ATX12V 600W Power Supply 100 - 240 V CB/CE/CSA/UL/FCC - Retail
10. LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD Burner with LightScribe - Retail
11. GIGABYTE 3D Aurora 570 GZ-FA1CA-ASB Black 1.0 mm Aluminum body ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail
benchmarked 3dmark06 @ 12k
cpuz giving me wrong readings. not sure if my memory is @ preferred settings. i'm used to asus bios and this is my first gigabyte mb. literature is a bit different compared to the asus mb's i'm used to. i DO like gigabytes @Bios bios updater! push like 3 keys and ur done. love it. will be in tweaking mode for awhile. not going water, but i mite be able to score 4ghz out of this cpu, but i'll probably just settle on 3.6ghz for it doesn't require more power and the heat doesn't raise either. must tweak with ram settings as well. either way, all that copper looks pretty & 100% SATA.
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