Overkill is the name of the game since it''s never getting upgraded again. Murphy's law with a fan= just warranty the fan/get a new one with a water cooler (or even more likely, a custom loop)= your whole system gets wriggedy*burps* wrigeddywrecked, son! i'm new to this whole thing so i don't really want to push it [i]too[/i] far. 4.8 gigahertz sounds good to me. I'll be going with the Noctua NH-D15, several-atleast 3 noctua 120mm case fans(hopefully the upgraded black industrial-grade fans they have now) and One Bitfenix LED 140mm for the rear exaust. please tell me if that is that not enough cooling or something? i really don't think 20db is going to keep you up at night if sound's the issue, since that's lower than a whisper.

as long as it can into security and compatibility modes, i should be fine.

because i'd get which ever windows is more secure and is still non-OEM x64