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[crashtest]

I would like some opinions on this following setup. I am going with the 955x Intel motherboard, and a 3.6 660 for now. I am not going dual core yet because of the large price premium and the performance gains are not yet big enough to justify it. But, in the future, I do have this 955x and I can just upgrade to a dual core if needed. Any idea as to how long this 955 will last before a new chipset comes in? Also, how do these Cold Cathode lights function? Can I turn them off externally, or do I have to go into the bios?

(I already have a Samsumg lCD (19 inch 193p) and a Plextor 716 DVD double Layer burner, +Mouse and Keyboard.)

This is a Velocity Micro system, I do not want to build it myself for now, so let's not focus on that! Big Grin)

LX-W Black - Velocity Micro Signature Case - Pure Aluminum with side window, easily removable front door
Power Supply 550 Watt Antec® TRUE Quiet Power Supply with Dual Smart Fans
Case Lights Single Blue Cold Cathode Chassis Light Kit
Motherboard Intel® D955XBKLKR 955X Chipset Motherboard with DDR2, PCI Express Motherboard with DDR2, PCI Express )
Processor Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 660 with HT, 3.6 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, EM64T, XD, LGA775 Socket
CPU Cooling Zalman® Heatsink w/80mm Ultra Quiet Fan, Arctic Silver™ 5 Compound
DDR2 Memory 2048MB Mushkin™ DDR2 PC4200 DDR533 Enhanced Memory (4x512)
PCX Video 256MB eVGA™ NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6800 GT PCI-Express, with Battlefield 1942!*
Audio SoundBlaster® Audigy 2 ZS with 1394 FireWire Port, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1 channel
Hard Drive 1 2 x 74GB Western Digital Raptor 10,000rpm SATA, 8MB Cache - 147GB RAID 0 Stripe
Hard Drive 2 200GB Western Digital WD2000JD 7200rpm SATA/150, 8MB Cache
Optical Drive 1 16x/48x Lite On® DVD-ROM, Black Bezel
Optical Drive 2 52x/32x/52x Lite On® CD-RW, Black Bezel
Floppy Drive & Media Reader 1.44MB Floppy Drive, Black Bezel
Network Adapter Integrated 10/100/1000MBps Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapter
Network Adapter 2 or WiFi Adapter NetGear® WG311 802.11 B+G WiFi Wireless Adapter with antenna, 11MBps/54MBps
FireWire Integrated IEEE 1394 FireWire Port
USB 2.0 Ports 6 USB 2.0 Ports
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home w/Service Pack 2 on original CD, Installed & Performance Tuned
Recovery Disk Custom DVD Restore Disk, returns your system hard drive to the original factory installation
Internal Cables Standard Premium Ribbon IDE and Floppy Cables
Assembly Immaculate custom hand wiring and origami-style folded drive cables for ultimate air flow
Warranty** 3 Year VelocityCare™ Parts & Labor Limited Warranty, 1 Year 24/7 Support with Emergency Hours, and On-Site Service

[firstadopter]

Actually looks great. What will you be using it for? Most tech games would probably go for an Athlon 64 chip b/c of price/perf.

[crashtest]

I am not a hardcore gamer per se, but I did examine the FX55 closely before I decided, as well as the 4800+ dual core. I would of gone with the dual core, but shipping times were much longer than I would like to wait for them.

The P4 is a bit better for multimedia, as I work with audio as well. It isn't too much of a difference, but I am just more used to Intel.