thanks for the reports guys, this is all being geared towards a new rig. I'm going with the antec p-160, operteron 170, DFI NF4 Ultra-D, Antec NeoPower 550, WD 150GB Raptor. Memory and Vid are still undecided at this point. If I can hit 2.6 at stock vcore or close to it, then i'll be happy...