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Ive been researching to no end trying to put together a list for my new build here is what ive come up with so far.

MOBO: EVGA 780i (dont rly need 3xsli but heard the boards very stable for OCing & i need 6xsata connectors)
Processor: Q6600 (3.0 on air)(3.6 lapped on water later) <--- are these #'s feasible?
Ram: G.skill Blue ddr2 800 8gb (4x2gb)
Case: Antec 1200
Video Card: Asus 7600gs silent (what i have laying around)
HDD's: 1.) WD Raptor 74gb 10000rpm(OS)
2.)WD 640gb 7200rp 32mb cache(storage)
PSU: Cosair 620w
Optical Drives: 2x Asus 22x dvd burners
CPU cooler: Xigmatek Dark Knight
OS: Win xp pro 64 or win vista HP 64 <--- which would be better, im also concerned about compatibility

I do alot of media editing (audio, video, graphical). and use my comp. for entertainment purposes as well, i think the only bottelneck i would be looking at would be my graphics card, ive been looking at workstation cards but thier a little out of my price range right now... (ne one have exp with a 8800gt for media editing?)
thanks in advance for all you advice
 
most of it looks good although i would say, if you have the cash to be able to buy a raptor then get 2 normal drives and RAID them, 2 disks in RAID 0 is better than one raptor IMO. also id get a new GPU, the 7600 is a really old card and you can get a 9600, you can get one for less than $100.
i have twin 8800GT's and i can render a 1Gb vid at 720i in less than 5 mins, aint ever done HD yet.
dont get xp 64, almost nothing will work with it. vista 64 is your best bet atm, if you have a xp disk, install that untill Windows 7 comes out (meant to be later this year) save buying it at a later date.
 
xp 64 bit driver support has improved much over the time. just try it it'll probably work if you download the most recent drivers here. Just recently put together a couple of intel i7 systems with xp 64 bit, all of them worked fine.
 
Go for intel corei7 920!!

If you want C2Q and don't plan to SLi, just get something like Asus P5Q or Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R. They are good overclocking mobo.

HDD for OS: if you want it to be really fast, get a SSD instead!!
 
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