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    Looks good, but three things:

    1) You're going to want to get a CPU cooler, especially with a 6700. The stock Intel ones suck.
    2) Check out the Antec P180 case... I have it and it's beautiful.
    3) Just going to warn you about that sound card. I was using onboard sound from my Asus P5W DH Deluxe and decided to get that sound card one day (nothing was wrong with my onboard, just wanted to get juicer sound/better FPS in games) and it really fucked up my PC while the card was in there (it got to the point where the PC wouldn't boot into Windows normally or in Safe Mode). It's not only me though, I've heard of a number of cases like this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Epical
    2) Check out the Antec P180 case... I have it and it's beautiful.
    My friend has the P180 and it is absolutely amazing. The quiet cooling ability, layout, and overall design ethic beat out even the famed Lian Li cases in my opinion.

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    Ok, I switched to P180 case, and picked this CPU cooler: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16835106085. I wasn't really sure what I'm supposed to be looking for in a cooler, but that one seemed to be good by the customer reviews.

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    Take run down both pages of Newegg's top selling CPU coolers and see if there are any that are going to top that one you've chosen (and try to read a lot of customer reviews... they tell you what can go wrong).

    By personal experience, Zalman is a very good cooling manufacturer, and I see a lot of them on that top selling page (which isn't surprising). So check them out for sure. My cooler, the Scythe Ninja is on there too, and it's pretty good. A note though if you get that one... installation can be a bit of a bitch, and I hope you don't mind your hands getting sliced to pieces. See all those thin silver plates? Yeah...

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    Scythe ninja cpu cooler supposed to be the best/quiet model if I remember right.

    If you like the p180 don't forget to look at the newer p182 cases while you're at it. I want one

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