Thanks, chucke - I appreciate the kind words!
Randy, if it were my system, I would buy a much larger 7200 rpm drive for the C:.
If my memory serves, I believe all the Thermaltake cases are pretty well-insulated (one of their major selling points), which is another good reason to considering the method of cooling (# of fans, etc). I don't think you need to go to the extreme that many gamers do when over-clocking (getting an expensive liquid-cooled rig), but you do need to be cautious.
Other than that... let us know how it works!

Randy, if it were my system, I would buy a much larger 7200 rpm drive for the C:. 
I just don't want any bottlenecks...the drawing of wav forms in my NLE (Vegas Pro) is very slow when they are long ones and I was told this was to to my HDD
Do you have any suggestions on a HDD (brand/model) and should I look at 10K rpm?

I thought I'd go with this 4 pack of fans unless someone advises otherwise

Specifically, it would be the THROUGHPUT of the CPU in combination with the speed and efficiency of the drive that would cause that problem (IMHO).
On second thought, if I were building a new system right now, I would do some serious research into SSD use for the C: drive before buying. If you find several builders who are successfully utilizing them, and you can afford one that would be large enough for your purposes, it might be the way to go. If not, a 7200 rpm drive should be fine, but if you want to spring for a 10k model, go for it! I always hesitate to recommend brands/models because you never know when a Key Lime might turn out to be a dyed lemon. But I will say I have never gone wrong with top-of-the line Seagate or Western Digital drives, even OEM models.

I love this blurb:

"...neglectable 19 dBA noise level bringing peace of mind to you and your co-workers."

I think they meant to say "negligible", although 19 dBA might not be so negligible if your mic is only six feet away from your tower! Still, compared to most OEM fans, that IS rather quiet.

As per your advice I think I'll go with this HDD

I think they meant to say "negligible", although 19 dBA might not be so negligible if your mic is only six feet away from your tower! Still, compared to most OEM fans, that IS rather quiet.


Yessir I found some that were above 49 dba for a single fan...surely they are talking about per fan thogh and not collectively (all 4) but I think I'll only need a couple since I won't be overclocking ya?

randy,sent you a pm but it says your inbox is full,
im off to bed but make some room in your inbox so you can take my mesage and i will take to you tommorow.

peace buddy.

I don't know but have you looked at the motherboard manual of your computer. I have an old computer, but I have either 1.5 or 3gB (whatever it is) transfer rate from my HDD which is 7200rpm. If you have not switched the jumper on the mother board then perhaps your tranfer rate is set to the minimum (mine was) for DMA transfer to memory of the computer (it does not go through the CPU). The newer computers are 3 or 6gB transfer rate, but if your computer's motherboard is only set for 3gB transfer rate from your HDD you are working at half-speed for transferring data from the HDD to the computer. Setting the jumper on your motherboard (which be in the manual) would change it from the factory setting of 3gB to 6gB transfer rate. Virtual memory in Windows is suppose to be 1-1/2 the amount of memory in the system. Meaning that if you have 16gB of memory, virtual memory should be 24gB.

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I don't know but have you looked at the motherboard manual of your computer. I have an old computer, but I have either 1.5 or 3gB (whatever it is) transfer rate from my HDD which is 7200rpm. If you have not switched the jumper on the mother board then perhaps your tranfer rate is set to the minimum (mine was) for DMA transfer to memory of the computer (it does not go through the CPU). The newer computers are 3 or 6gB transfer rate, but if your computer's motherboard is only set for 3gB transfer rate from your HDD you are working at half-speed for transferring data from the HDD to the computer. Setting the jumper on your motherboard (which be in the manual) would change it from the factory setting of 3gB to 6gB transfer rate. Virtual memory in Windows is suppose to be 1-1/2 the amount of memory in the system. Meaning that if you have 16gB of memory, virtual memory should be 24gB.

Wow, that is good info, thank you I had no idea!
I bought everything this morning but upped the PSU to 750 and got this SSD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233220


Thanks to everyone for your help!!!
Now if Charlie will just send me his vid on how to put all this crap together I should be in good shape 

As for the one question I can answer, I have never had thermal paste supplied with a CPU. I have always had to buy it seperately.

 
True enough CPU's do not usually come with thermal paste, but I have not seen a CPU heatsink/cooler that did not come with a thermal transfer compound patch attached for almost a decade. If the CPU heatsink has one of those, then thermal paste is not only superfluous but detrimental to the thermal coupling.