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Im in the Planning Process of 1 Build and a semi-upgrade

New Parts
-Intel C2D E6600
-Asus P5N-E SLi 650i
-Asus N8800GTS 320MB
-2GB (2 x 1024MB) DDR2-800 PC6400

-How good is the Stock Cooling on the E6600, non OC?
-Any recommendations on motherboards?
-Is there any noticeable difference between the different vendors versions of a card? eg. Asus, Gigabyte, XFX... etc
-Which Brand of Ram is best Value for Money, or should I go Generic?
Vista 64-bit or 32-bit?

-How will this go running games like Supreme Commander and Oblivion on high at 1280x1024?
-Are there better components at a similar cost?
-Any recommendations on an antivirus program which wont kill performance like Norton does?


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