My proposed system build

[Thorsson]

The retail CPU part is really bollocks, ... no really... Why would you want to waste the dish out for something you wont even use? OEM chips are the way to go if you've decided to go 3rd party cooler.

Retail CPUs get 3 years manufacturer's warranty. OEM get probably 1 year retailers. Some people might think that is worth paying a few £s more for, even if you don't.

[kempez]

Doesn't OEM get 90days return only warranty?

Anyhoo - I like buying the retail box

[sawyen]

Retail CPUs get 3 years manufacturer's warranty. OEM get probably 1 year retailers. Some people might think that is worth paying a few £s more for, even if you don't.

Fair enough, but if anyone's overclocking.. the warranty's voided anyways. Unless its going to stay at stock speeds..

[kalniel]

If I read it right, anyone even changing the default heat pad that comes with AMD processors is voiding the warrenty as well

[sawyen]

If I read it right, anyone even changing the default heat pad that comes with AMD processors is voiding the warrenty as well

*nod*... anything that even going to nudge the CPU will break warranty..

[ifyouknowme]

the hdd is way to small as the others have said, and id recomend getting an evo or similar cpu heatsink as the stock ones are prity lame
other than that it looks gd i use one of the some cpus and its a gd overclocker