The Q6600 is priced the same as the E8400 where as the Q9550 is 100 eur more. Not too worried about the heat (should I be?). Seems like the Q6600 is better prepared for future programs.

Motherboard? I would really appreciate your help. Planning to buy it all tonight (europe) or tomorrow.

Thank you for your replies. The price of a Quad 6600 is about the same as E8x00 so why not! I thought it would be enough with a 9600 GT? I will play games on a moderate level, no extreme stuff. Just want to try out some of the latest games. Motherboard? Lost in the jungle here, don´t know anything ...

Some time ago I asked you guys about which set up i should have but i never built the computer. Now, months later I have the tv and surround sound. I am only missing the HTPC... COMPUTER TO BE USED FOR: Mainly MediaPortal but also for playing games MONITOR: 46" Samsung FullHD SURROUND SOUND: Onkyo w...

i have not used any of these stores, but i think the big ones are:

www.pccomponentes.com
www.abyss.es
www.batch-pc.com

and why not checkout pixmania.es?

i can't help you on the lacie disks as i never had one (except a 250gig that vibrated and was pretty loud). however, i can help out somewhat on western digital as i had one but i can't remember the exact model. the one i had (a My Book 2TB) was very loud and if the two models share pretty much the s...

Thanks for the heads up on the Noctua fans, I thought they would do the job. I will switch to another one. Perhaps the Seasonic M12 500 is somewhat better, but it is much more expensive than the Corssair HX520. That said I will go for the Hx520. I take it with 520 watts I can stick in a fairly power...

Building my first computer and from research I have decided on the following so far: Case - Antec 182P (I do not want a HTPC case) CPU - Intel Quad 775 Q6600 2.4 CPU Cool - Scythe Mugen or Ninja Fan: Noctua NF-S12 (perhaps change the ones in the case too) Memory - Kingston DDR2 800 (2x2GB) HDD - Sam...