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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bront" data-source="post: 3417045" data-attributes="member: 19696">QFT!Seriously, a majority of stability problems are caused by an underpowered or cheep PSU.  Going overpowered will not hurt you, and will actualy reduce heat, AND a PSU not under heavy load will give more consistant voltage.  Fluctuating voltage can kill your parts, even if you don't overclock.Ditto.  A dual 8800 GTS 320 setup will do better than a single 880 GTX setup, but you're talking about spending $600 or so on your videocards at that point.  It's a luxury, not a nessessety.  The 8800 GTS 320 is fantastic, and at a good price point.Core 2 is the best bang for your buck, low and high end.  We're talking 50%+ performance bost low end X2 vs Low end Core 2 Duo. Raid is nice and fast, but isn't always needed.  Newer boards support multipe RAID types though.  I recomend RAID 1 (Mirror) is good for safety on your system drive, and RAID 0 (Striped) is good for speed on yoru app drive.  Just remember, you're exponentialy increasing your risk of data loss on your RAID 0 drive.You can get by with 1, but 2 will future proof your system for the most part.  I highly recomend it any new system get 2 GB.</blockquote>