I also know very well that a Thermalright XP-120 will cool my CPU quite well and pretty quietly with one of my extra yate loons. I also know that the Zalman video card cooler will be far more than sufficient to cool my video card and remove the jet turbine noise it makes under stress. The simple rea...

alright, I'll avoid the DD. How's the CSP-MAG stack up against the new swiftech pump?

The Thermalright v1 seems to be the choice for you. It runs only 80mm fans though and unfortunately, it seems that the X800xt isn't supported :(. THIS however, might work for you (although it takes a bit of effort and it blocks off a few extra pci slots http://www.rojakpot.com/showarticle.aspx?artno...

Yes, the dual wouild do better performance wise, but everything I've read says that thing puts out a LOT more heat than even the 3.73. I don't think I want to have to deal with cooling one. My bro's X2 4200+ runs at about the same temps as my 3500+ venice. Under stress, his heats up a bit more, but...

If you want to do video editing, you might be better off running the dual core EE processor intel has out. It should cost you about the same and you'll be able to crank quite a bit more performance out of it if the application supports multiprocessing or hyperthreading.

I know it's a lot to read through, but I could use some advice and suggestions. After working my butt off for the past 2 months, I managed to scrounge up the cash for my new PC just a few weeks ago. Just today, I got my latest paycheck and I'm ready to get my system silent and wet. System Specs: CPU...