Hi Everyone, I'm thinking of building myself a new computer probably after Christmas time or maybe next summer (as a graduation present to myself). Anyways, What I was thinking was just to splurge on a comp and hopefully it will last me a while longer. Here's what I wanted to put in it: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Quad-Core 3.0Ghz Asus P5B Deluxe Socket 775 Intel P965 Express motherboard Asus nVidia GeForce 8800GTX Cosair XMS2 4gigs ram Thermal Take toughpower 650W power supply All those plus hard drive and case would come up to around $2400 cdn. (hoping the price goes down by when I actually get around to buying the parts) I have two questions for you guys: 1) Do you think quad core games will be developed relatively soon so that I can actually use the CPU to its full capacity? 2) Will PCI express be around for a while? I mean, If i want to upgrade my graphics card later on, I don't want to have to buy a whole new computer because the new graphics cards are all AGP-express or something. I would like my computer to last me at least 4 years. If you guys have any experience with quad cores and can give me some advice on them, that would be great. Thanks in advance. Gavin.

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Cosair XMS2 4gigs ram

You should probably read this.

Hmm thanks for the info. I guess I'll stick to either 2 or 3 gigs.

Can I run 32 bit games on a 64 bit machine? or will it give me some problems?

I don't mind installing xp64 or vista64, but I would like it to be compatible with my other software.