Funny I also have a P4 with 6800 and its history in terms of high quality/resolution gaming. You will probably have exelent preformance with the 8800GTS 320 right now. Only reason I never upgraded was my AGP. Lets all hope you'r psu and mobo meltdown so you can buy this new one... :wink: I would per...

What audio recording software will you be using?

A few DAWs (digital audio workstation) know how to use multiprocesing quite well

Have you considered going Q6600? this CPU is low cost now and might deliver 75 - 80% more preformace in audio.

The antec fans are quiet at low and they are fine with regrads to cooling. Im getting good venting from the front since I didnt use the top drive bay (I took it out). The Zalman 9700 is the loudest fan and emits a low whosh but really can't be heard from about 1 m away. my cpu rarly reaches 50c The ...

just built a q6600 system for my freind's ProTools LE audio recording computer last month... antec p180 asus p5k 2*1gb ddr2 800 value ram termaltake 500w psu (should have gone corsairHX520) zalman 9700 cpu cooler gigabyte 8600 gt passive (with 2*19" lcds) 2* segate hds its very quiet stock fans and ...

try mounting 4 on the bottom and one or two on the 5.25 bays (maybe using silentdrive...)
or you could go with the 900

are u using vista or xp?

Anandtech has publised a few artices about vista and DX10 here are a couple http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3029 http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3044 Simply put - they say not yet. My sister recently got a new laptop with vista on it. I must say it looks good, but n...

i personally prefer the front to back fan configuration in PSU's, and would go with the Antec Neo HE 430w a front to back would benifit a P150 or SOLO setup. it sucks in cooller air from the front (ducked or not) as oposed to the hot air from cpu. this has been shown in more than a few reviews. on ...

id go with the p5k or the Ga-P35.
the intel p35 chipset give better memory preformance
also the p5k seems to have a heatpipe that runs heat to the rear fan
depending on your case this could be an advantage