Ello' This is a question on reliability of parts VS. the other build thread I have. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/737374 This is the build: Combo Deal: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4282930&Sku=P450-9112 C CASE**Power Up 5511 MoBo**XFX MG-63MI-7159 CPU**Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 HDD**Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB RAM**Corsair Dual Channel TWIN2X 1GBx2 PC6400 DDR2 & PSU**Antec Earthwatts 380W http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371005 ODD**LG DVD Burner http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136144 GPU**ASUS HD4670 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121274&Tpk=HD 4670 FAN&HTSINK**ASUS Triton70 w/ 92MM fan http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835101014
Ugh, yuck. Another one of these horrible TigerDirect barebones deals, I don't know what people see in them. The case is mediocre, the motherboard is poor, the hard disk isn't very good either. The rest of your choices are good, except for the heatsink, for which a freezer 7 pro would be much better. For $50 more than that barebone's post-rebate price (and knowing TD the rebate will probably never arrive anyway) you can get the Q6600, an EP43-DS3L, 4GB of Corsair RAM, an Antec Three Hundred, and a good Western Digital hard drive.
Because it uses an nforce 6 chipset (and on top of that uses an nvidia reference design), which are notoriously unreliable.
