New build help needed

[Bobsled]

Ok, my friend wants me to built him a kick arse computer and so far the components I came up with go like this;

1) CPU Intel QX6850
2) MoBo ASUS P5K3 - Deluxe
3) RAM Team Xtreem DDR3 PC3 10600 (if I can find it, so variable) (2x1GB or 4x1GB)
4) PSU OCZ GameXtream 700W
5) evga 8600GT 512MB (Solo)
6) MS WINXP HE w/ SP2
7) Monitor ??
8) DVD burner Samsung 203B

Plus the other parts that are not as significant.

Most stuff with be bought from newegg. Computer will not be overclock and will use stock HSF.

A couple questions/concerns . . .

He wants to run 4GBs of RAM, I believe due to XP's PAE mode that is not going to happen w/ 32-bit windows, is that correct? Any work arounds?

Is that the best comb for items 1 to 4? Suggestions welcomed.

Thanks.

 

[jeffw2767602]

heres what i would do....buy a q6600 g0 and a thermalright ultra 120 extreme for about $350 total and overclock it to 3 GHz or higher and save yourself $650. i know you dont want to OC but seriously, its soo easy and its soo much cheaper... you almost cant afford not to. ditch the ddr3 mobo and go for 4gb crucial ballistix ddr2 pc6400 or pc1066, it will be just as fast as ddr3. with all that money youve saved by not overspending on a cpu and ddr3 you can buy an 8800gtx(or two!) and a good 24inch lcd. everything else looks good but i would recommend 64bit vista. 64bit xp is kind of crappy.

 

[Bobsled]

Thanks for the input. Yeah, he's like a pitbull and latched on to the QX6850.

My suggestion to him was QX6850 (ideally a Q6600) with one of the many great P35 DDR2 Mobos (i.e. Abit IP35 Pro, GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS4 Rev. 2.0 or P35-DS3P Rev. 2.0) with 4gb crucial ballistix ddr2 pc1066.

Is this the right version of 64-bit Vista? http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16832116204

Also, any compatibility problems running 32-bit apps on it?