ingame i bought the gigabyte ds3l mobo and the e8400.about two weeks ago,I also didn't want the bells and whistles.that worked great with all the parts in my pc.specs at bottom of my post.have not oc yet.hope this helps you.save the extra money for good cpu heatsink and fan,stock heatsinks and fan are a joke.
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