hi mADmAN,
well, it wouldn't be use a HTPC, it'll be used as a small workstation that run some of my test applications. I'll keep that in mind to get that WD640GB instead. I can't find too many reviews on the Mushkin so I didn't sure how it goes, thanks for sharing the stuffs, how about Cooler Master M520 modular then? Is that good?

do you think its possible to oc the Q6600 (G0 stepping) to 3Ghz just by stock cooler? I'm buying new dunno whether still can find Q6600 G0 stepping or not, see whether I have luck this weekend.

hi kujaboyde/mADmAN
budget wise, I'll try not to spend whenever possible, but if needs to, I'll make sure it's covered.

So the temp list would be as follows:
1. Q6600 (I see that's the best buy among the quad-core, although I'd prefer it to be 45nm)
    - at the moment no other candidates yet
2. Asus P5QL-EM (G43 would be good enuf, but just curious, if I slap in a G31 would it be much slower than G43?)
    - I'm just wondering if I just want my Q6600 @ 3Ghz, would it be big difference between G31, G33, G43 or even G45?
3. 4GB of RAM (guess I'll just take any branded RAM would do, DDR2 800Mhz)
    - Corsair XMS2 6400C4DHX
4. 640GB Western Digital WD6400KS
5. Cooler Master M520 Modular PSU
6. Case still undecide
    - still thinking which one is better, heard Sugo01 run hots, Lian-Li from the spec looks quite big, till I see the real case in Lowyat first
7. SATA DVDRW, guess all the drives are same size, so just get one match to the case would do
    - A black Pioneer SATA would do

I make a rough estimation, it'll cost me more or less 2.5k and it's still within my limited budget. I'm just wondering whether I should just neglect those expensive mobo, and get 1 Gigabyte/Abit G31 mobo which just came around RM180, but I dunno whether it can achieve a 3Ghz overclock not.

Tough time for me, used to be very active in DIY and Overclocking back in University time, but these days choices are aplenty, dunno which one to go after.

Thanks bro