New Computer Purchase!

[Lionheart]

Hi PJ:
That looks like a Prescott P4 you've got there. (P4 3.0e right?). Those puppies run really hot, and the fan that Intel ships with the retail chips is barely adequate, and noisy to boot. I'd invest in an aftermarket cpu heatsink and cooler. Gigabyte, Thermaltake, etc., all make fan/heatsink combos that work markedly better than the stock Intel fan/heatsink, and are noticeably quieter as well. Just for fun here's my rig. I just recently overhauled my entire system.
P4 3.2e on an ASUS mobo (OC'd to 3.6 GHz, but still runs a cool 41 degrees Celsius idling, 48-50 Celsius under heavy load)(for comparison, 48 Celsius at 3.2 GHz, 53 Celsius OverClocked when idling with stock fan/heatsink, 65-70 Celsius under heavy load)
video card-Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT w/256 MB DDR ram
4 gigabytes memory in dual channel mode (Corsair XMS pc3200 matched pairs-the ones with the LED's-these are the main limiting factors for my OC'd rig, I'd get faster RAM but I wanted the twinxpro series with the LED's and pc3200 is the fastest corsair has in matched 2x1GB pairs)
2x 250 GB hard drives
2x NEC 16xDVD-R/+R,4x DVD-RW/+RW,4x DVD-DL, 48x CD-R optical drives ($62 at newegg.com)
500 watt PS with 2 LED fans
Aspire case with 5 LED fans, Gigabyte LED cpu fan/heatsink
here's a pic
most parts except RAM and video card purchased at Newegg.com