[CaptainHaplo]

I ask this only because it relates to the bottom line - and most of us can stand to save some cash.

Is this a game machine only, or will it be doing other tasks, such as media editting, compiling code, etc?

if its JUST a game machine, you can get more bang for the buck going with a Phenom II quad core. The performance in gaming is nearly eaqual to the I7's at a significantly lower cost.

However, the I7 blows the AMD chips away for pretty much all video and other use work. *Check tomshardware.com for some good testing data*

So if this is gaming only, save the cash and swap to a AMD supporting MB with Phenom 2 - but if its going to be doing all the other stuff - you nailed the machined to have!